| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| STALES | Becomes hard and dry, as bread |
| hardtack | Hard dry bread or biscuit, esp. as rations for sailors |
| tryma | nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory |
| trymata | nut having an outer shell that becomes tough and dry and eventually splits open, as in the walnut and hickory |
| puddle | earthy mixture (as of clay, sand, and gravel) worked while wet into a compact mass that becomes impervious to water when dry |
| STALE | Dry, as bread |
