A Tough Nut to Crack

What it means

A problem or a person that resists every straightforward approach you can think of.

Where it comes from

The macadamia is the extreme case. Its shell is hard enough that commercial processors crack it between steel rollers, and it is one of very few Australian natives grown as a world food crop.

The puzzle it came from

A Tough Nut to Crack was the answer to the Phrasicle of July 4, 2025. The clue read A ____ ____ to ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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