The shell of a tortoise or a turtle; or, any impenetrable outer layer (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% CARAPACE The shell of a tortoise or a turtle; or, any impenetrable outer layer (8) (8)
6% HUSK Outer shell (4) Puzzler Backwords Oct 11, 2025
5% RIND Hard outer layer (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 1, 2025
5% ENAMEL Tooth's outer layer (6) USA Today Nov 12, 2025
5% PAROLEE Remove the outer layer of (7) Wall Street Journal Nov 6, 2025
5% DEEP Well past the outer layer (4) USA Today Oct 3, 2025
5% PEACOAT Woolen outer layer (7) LA Times Daily Sep 24, 2025
4% AESOP Writer of "The Tortoise and the Hare" (5)
4% AIRTIGHT Impenetrable expression on drunk (8) The Times Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
4% OARS Propellers of a shell (4) New York Times Dec 9, 2025
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