Last seen in:
- USA Today - Jan 3 2023
- Thomas Joseph - King Feature Syndicate - Jun 23 2022
- The Times - Concise - Times Concise No 8829
- New York Times - Mar 19 2020
- New York Times - Aug 13 2017
- Wall Street Journal - Aug 7 2017 - Singin' in the Reign
- L.A. Times Daily - Apr 23 2016
- Eugene Sheffer - King Feature Syndicate - Sep 16 2013
- The Guardian - Quick crossword No 12,669 - Dec 17 2010
- New York Times - Oct 13 2003
Related Clues:
- Difficult - intricate
- Difficult - having hard lumps (of wood)
- Complex - hard to solve
- Very difficult – complex
- Difficult to unravel
- Difficult (like wood hard to chop through?)
- Tangled — snarled
- Difficult as a hitch?
- Setter (female) in fine unable to escape?
- Like Gordius, who once kept wicket for England?
- Gnarled — complicated
- Tightly tied, say
- Woven together
- Convoluted
- In final stage Nutmeg (female) caught up