| Compact earth at the base of animal hideouts | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            04 Nov 2025 | 
          
          
            | Like a numbskull | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Very crowded | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Highly concentrated | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dim-witted | 
            Commuter | 
            16 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact (5) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick (5) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            13 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            The Telegraph Plusword | 
            11 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Packed in tight | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs unusual compact (5) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            01 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick (5) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            30 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact (5) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            30 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Firmly packed | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Stupid or solid | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            15 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick (5) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            15 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact (5) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            15 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as fog | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            12 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Opposite of sparse | 
            Commuter | 
            11 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            The Telegraph Plusword | 
            05 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            30 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            28 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Compressed, compact | 
            The Times Concise | 
            19 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            12 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick (5) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            12 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Heavy for its size | 
            Universal | 
            30 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            19 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Studies English that's impenetrable | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Closely spaced, as trees in a forest (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rather thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Overgrown; needs to be trimmed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Study directions, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, with awkward needs (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Really packed in | 
            The Telegraph Plusword | 
            19 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | No thin scattering of seed around the end of the garden (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jammed together | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable, ... undergrowth | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable (jungle) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like pound cake | 
            New York Times | 
            20 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick poles embedded in water (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs to become thick (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            25 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            23 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            23 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Stupid, is seen fleeing on the day (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            20 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thickwitted (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            11 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            11 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Like matted growth from garden seed (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | This describes thick plant growth (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like banana nut bread | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            26 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            23 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            23 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Where the trees were close together in Arden, seemingly (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick as impenetrable foliage (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            11 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick: - fog, eg | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cramped study, as yet regularly neglected | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            06 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Unintelligent study with vacuous style | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick scattering of seed round the end of the garden | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted in substance (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid daughter, seen out with (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Universal | 
            12 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            03 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Lacking intellectual acuity. (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dark and gloomy church - one with not a lot upstairs (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dumb as an ox | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs shaking stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs arrangement to be tightly packed (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            26 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Closely spaced (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable, as fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly compressed | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Close studies on the East (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs to be well mixed to make it thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs reform, being stupid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs to be thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid Den's to go to Orient (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jammed together | 
            The Telegraph Plusword | 
            07 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Needs to be mixed to make it thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow to understand | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Highly compact | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            18 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick jungle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ned points? Shows he's thick! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact lair, extremely secretive (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too smart | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            25 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Concentrated study linked to Kent area (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lacking smartness - needs to be sorted out (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid description of well-forested area (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | To some extent, wooden seat is thick (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed, closely spaced | 
            The Times Concise | 
            07 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | It needs changing! It's too thick! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like hard-to-see-through fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid partners caught in the act? Not quite | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick resident in sudden seizure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            25 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | So 12, it needs sorting out (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick part of a wooden seat (5) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Not the sharpest tool in the box | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Finally incensed, when made out to be stupid (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Need to be moved to let the sun through, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a complex report | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Seed for a Northerner should be thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed, ... forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs new compact | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            06 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            05 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like pound cake | 
            Universal | 
            01 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Studies the East - it's thickly populated (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            Universal | 
            26 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Needs to be close | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thick fog | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Universal | 
            31 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            29 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick and showing signs of prangs, so to speak (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | That's what "impenetrable" means, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Being so thick, it needs redistribution (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Being somewhat thick, needs a change (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            08 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Need to unfold to let the sun in, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The southeastern studio was congested (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid to study points (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Points to the wrong end, being stupid (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            28 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable contents of hidden secret | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            21 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like a well-packed snowball | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Compact needs shaking up (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Featuring a lot of people, but not a lot of brains | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            07 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Times Sunday Concise | 
            02 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | It points to the study being thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            26 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Very thickly populated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Overcrowded, needs to rearrange (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            19 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | The many wrongly seen as stupid (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the sharpest tool in the drawer, as evidenced by wooden secateurs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick wooden seat in part (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Concentrated like one lacking in intelligence? (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Study the south-east - it's thickly populated (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Being thick, needs to change | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | It's overcrowded, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Times Concise | 
            22 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick Poles in river (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick part of a garden seat | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed close together (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick scattering of seed around the end of the garden (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compressed, thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, compact | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | However stupid, one can see that private rooms have a key | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            16 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like lead or gold, notably | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Thick part of a wooden seat | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs to be seen how thick it is! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Possibly needs to be thick (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick (5) | 
            Puzzler | 
            28 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | The cardinal points to its lair where it's most thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | So stupid, it needs sorting out (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Universal | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Like rich brownies | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like bundt cake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Heavy poles in river (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            14 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Needs to turn thick | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            14 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Some close to Sweden see a level of thickness (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seen by 500 as being a bit thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Needs a different mixture to make it thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Points to its lair? Must be thick! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
            Commuter | 
            28 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | The points are on the wrong end, stupid! (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thick jungle | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Hard to teach | 
            Commuter | 
            20 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like a London fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Heavy section in garden seat | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            14 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest (anagram of "needs") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | You must be thick! Needs change! | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely-set poles blocking Scottish river (5) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tough to get into | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Not too bright, duke seen wandering | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mentally slow | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            03 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless chocolate cake | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Opposite of sparse | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            03 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like a storm cloud | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            25 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Retreats before smoke finally becomes impenetrable | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            16 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed with trees, as a forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            23 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like the element osmium | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as a fog | 
            Newsday | 
            01 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
            Universal | 
            25 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like a neutron star | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pretty thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            25 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Closely crowded; stupid | 
            The Times Concise | 
            15 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            28 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like dumbbells | 
            New York Times | 
            27 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            19 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly compressed | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Not the brightest — studies English! | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            19 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | None too smart | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Opposite of fluffy, for a cake | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick headed | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like osmium and iridium | 
            Universal | 
            10 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Packed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            19 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
            Universal | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Close-packed | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Heavily populated | 
            Universal | 
            01 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            17 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            10 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through ... or get through to | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through ... or get through to | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cake | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | ___ fog advisory | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as fog | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tightly compressed | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            25 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            10 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fog modifier | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fog modifier | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Junglelike | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
            Universal | 
            28 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thick as a brick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
            Newsday | 
            25 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            03 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted duke seen dancing | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            01 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Very compact | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick fog | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Highly concentrated | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fog word | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fog word | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Very thick | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Packed in like sardines | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
            Newsday | 
            24 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some forests and fog | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Crowded closely together | 
            The Times Concise | 
            09 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | __ fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | __ fog | 
            The Washington Post | 
            31 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Slow to understand Democrat, unable to relax, blowing top  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick and tightly packed | 
            Family Time | 
            28 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Universal | 
            27 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            11 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like lush forests | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            12 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Crowded or compact | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            05 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | ''Infinite'' descriptor of black holes | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like heavy fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Packed | 
            Jonesin | 
            28 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick, in more ways than one | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick jungle | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            12 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | None too smart | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Not exactly Mensa material | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Stupid duke seen off | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            17 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like urban population | 
            USA Today | 
            07 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            03 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like urban populations | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cakes | 
            Universal | 
            25 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            Universal | 
            23 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Cement-headed | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thick, compact or crowded | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            10 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like urban population | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Like urban population | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Closely clustered | 
            Universal | 
            02 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as fog | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Dumb as a rock | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Highly populous | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Crowded or tightly packed | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
            Universal | 
            12 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Not too bright, duke seen wandering | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            30 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Old penny dreadful seen as impenetrable  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thick section in garden seat  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thick, like heavy fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like flourless cakes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely clustered | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like urban population | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cement-headed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dumb as a rock | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like urban populations | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Like platinum | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            25 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            06 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            The Washington Post | 
            18 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Closely spaced poles in river | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            28 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dumb as a box of rocks | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as a fog | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Closely crowded together in studies, we hear  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Very compact | 
            Universal | 
            11 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Solid | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            06 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Like a thick forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            The Times Concise | 
            03 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | Stupid | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | Crammed | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Mar 2018 | 
          
          
            | When components are closely placed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dimwitted | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Jammed | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Packed tight | 
            Universal | 
            03 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Packed tight | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dumb as a box of rocks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Very compact | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too smart | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not getting it | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Compact and tight together | 
            Universal | 
            21 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Not getting it | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Tightly compressed | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Thick, impenetrable | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            31 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Like mercury | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Thick as a brick | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Closely compacted | 
            The Times Concise | 
            04 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
            Universal | 
            15 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Crammed in | 
            Newsday | 
            28 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Not too quick on the uptake | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Packed closely | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Like thickets | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Like thickets | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact and tight together | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not getting it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like thick fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too quick on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 11 Angle needs to be obtuse  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Girl one leaves is thick  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
            Universal | 
            27 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | With a high mass-to-volume ratio | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Bubbleheaded | 
            The Washington Post | 
            12 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | None too bright | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Hard to see through, as fog | 
            Universal | 
            31 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Thick studies finally complete  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Studies English? Foolish | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            27 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Difficult to get through | 
            Universal | 
            22 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Like a pea-soup fog | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Blockheaded | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Compact; stupid | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            05 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Like heavy fog | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | One burrito shy of a combo plate | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable studies before end of course | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            06 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Complex | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Thick; stupid | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            14 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Not very bright | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Unable to get it, say | 
            New York Times | 
            31 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            31 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Difficult to get through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to see through, as fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Unable to get it, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Blockheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a pea-soup fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like heavy fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not exactly Mensa material | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too brainy | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Closely crowded together | 
            Universal | 
            11 Nov 2015 | 
          
          
            | Close together | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            30 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Needs unusual compact | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            30 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Not too bright | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            15 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Compacted | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Closely spaced or extremely stupid | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            15 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | None too bright | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Blockheaded | 
            Jonesin | 
            26 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Like a blockhead | 
            Universal | 
            23 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Close-packed | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Like a neutron star | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | None too brainy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely crowded together | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick crowd | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Close-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compacted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a neutron star | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed tightly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A few players short of a team | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to hack a path through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick as a brick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not very bright, but studies English  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not Mensa material | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A few bits short of a byte | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A few fries short of a Happy Meal | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Overgrown, as a rain forest | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like Archie's pal Moose | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like crowd at big show | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Heavy, as fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dumb as a box of rocks | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Having a high specific gravity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed in tight | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not at all sharp | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some populations | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thicket | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not sparse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick in a couple of ways | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thicket | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the sharpest tool in the shed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like dunderheads | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not getting it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not so swift on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick as a brick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crammed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a copse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowd at big show | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like thick audience | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, like fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick, as fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bubble-headed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly populated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly populated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Practically impenetrable | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Guolaugur Ottarsson: "___ Time" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a black hole | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like depleted uranium | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tough to get through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a dumbbell | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed with ideas, as an essay | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sold-out show | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too quick on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like urban populations | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too swift | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A few bricks shy of a load | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not sparse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded together | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like urban populations | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow on the uptake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Really crammed in | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like heavy fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tough to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like heavy fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thicket | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not at all sharp | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to see through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like thickets | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to see through | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not the sharpest pencil in the box | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tough to get through to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A few bricks shy of a load | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Highly concentrated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly populated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Obtuse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a pea-soup fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow to understand | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not very sharp | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like urban populations | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Overgrown | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick as a brick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crammed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crowded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cement-headed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Far from 22-Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Obtuse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A little on the slow side | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not sparse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like pea-soup fog | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hardly suited for 57-Across | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dunderheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rearranged needs? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | None too swift | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Jam-packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Doltish | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Concentrated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Very thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to get through | 
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            | Like a pea-soup fog | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Doltish | 
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            | Hardly sparse | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | Hard to penetrate | 
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            | Hardly Mensa material | 
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            | None too bright | 
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            | Concentrated | 
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            | Hardly Mensa material | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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            | Hard to penetrate | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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            | Dimwitted | 
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            | Thick as a brick | 
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            | Highly concentrated | 
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            | Closely compacted | 
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            | Thick | 
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            | Like a copse | 
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            | Hard to get through to | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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            | Hardly suited for Mensa | 
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            | Dull | 
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            | Slow on the uptake | 
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            | Stupid | 
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            | Needs another way? | 
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            | Slow | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | Stupid | 
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            | Doltish | 
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            | Like osmium, more than any other known element | 
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            | Obtuse | 
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            | Like rain forests | 
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            | Stupid | 
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            | Like rain forests | 
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            | Hard to penetrate | 
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            | Like a thicket | 
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            | Hard to penetrate | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | No Einstein | 
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            | Not too swift | 
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            | Firmly packed | 
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            | None too brainy | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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            | Not exactly a genius | 
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            | None too swift | 
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            | Not too bright | 
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            | Thickly populated | 
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            | Tightly packed | 
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            | Not the sharpest knife in the drawer | 
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            | Like lead | 
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            | No rocket scientist | 
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            | Short on sharpness | 
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            | Tough to get through to | 
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            | Impenetrable | 
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            | Not very quick | 
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            | Dimwitted | 
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            | Impenetrable | 
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            | Tough to get through to | 
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            | Not bright | 
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            | Like London fogs | 
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            | Thick as a brick | 
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            | Not too astute | 
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            | Tightly packed | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Unintelligent | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Not the sharpest tack | 
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            | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | 
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            | Congested | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Obtuse | 
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            | Obtuse | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Like some fogs | 
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            | Like pea soup fog | 
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            | Like a rain forest | 
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            | Not too bright | 
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            | Not the brightest bulb on the tree | 
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            | Mush-headed | 
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            | Dunderheaded | 
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            | Thick | 
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            | Thick | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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            | Crowded | 
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            | Compact | 
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            | Hardly qualified to be a rocket scientist | 
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            | Like a blockhead | 
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            | Slow on the uptake | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | Tightly packed | 
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            | Hard to penetrate | 
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            | Blockish | 
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            | Like Archie's pal Moose | 
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            | Compacted | 
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            | Cement-headed | 
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            | Not too bright | 
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            | Thickheaded | 
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            | Close-packed | 
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            | Closely packed | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dim-witted | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dimwitted | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Like a rain forest | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Not too bright | 
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             | 
          
          
            | A few bricks shy of a load | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Like a rainforest | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Stupid | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dunderheaded | 
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            | Crowded | 
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            | Packed tight | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Not at all apt | 
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            | Slow-witted | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Not bright | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable | 
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             | 
          
          
            | None too brainy | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Not too swift | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Thick-headed | 
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            | Crammed | 
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            | Opaque | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Thick or slow-witted | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Slow | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Hard to penetrate | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not too astute | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick-headed | 
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             | 
          
          
            | None too swift | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Obtuse | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dim-witted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not very swift | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Thickset | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tightly packed | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dull | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly populated | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Opaque | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Meatheaded | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Foggy | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Dumb | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Populous | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like Jupiter's atmosphere | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Slow-witted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick-headed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a numbskull | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickset | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Chuckleheaded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a thicket | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickly packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Serried | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Closely packed | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like a blockhead | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Close | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hard to penetrate | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some forests | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Compact. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Luxuriant. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not bright | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Opaque. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Congested. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Word for a jungle. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Foggy, as atmosphere. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Incredibly thick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not so bright. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Stupid. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Of high specific gravity. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Packed. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crass. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thickheaded. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Having high opacity. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow to catch on | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Thick. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Obtuse. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Obscure. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Close. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Impenetrable. | 
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