Raddle #237Crime Fiction

From HARD to BOILED

Sun, October 19, 2025
HARD
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Clues, out of order

________ HARD, glacial feature
________ over (homophone of HARD)
"As ________ as HARD"
Change one letter in HARD to describe many prepared foods
Change one letter in HARD to get a word related to fonts
Change one letter in HARD to get something dirty
One who helps HARD
Opposite of HARD
Rhyme for HARD (as used in a famous product)
Structure in a home where HARD collects
Who famously (mis)uses a HARD

About this Raddle

This sense of “hardboiled,” meaning “severe” or “tough,” dates to at least 1886, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Cynical, unemotional protagonists dominated the wave of hardboiled pulp novels in the 1930s.

Theme: Crime Fiction

We unpack some of our favorite tropes from crime fiction.