100% | GRISTLE | 7 | Difficult to chew fibrous tissue in meat |
37% | STEEP | 5 | Difficult to climb, in a way |
36% | MUSCLE | 6 | Fibrous tissue that tears and heals to strengthen |
36% | INHOSPITABLE | 12 | Harsh and difficult to live in |
35% | SMOG | 4 | It may be difficult to drive in |
35% | ONELANE | 7 | Difficult to pass on, in a way |
35% | DAIRY | 5 | What vegans avoid in addition to meat |
35% | HEELS | 5 | Difficult shoes to run in |
35% | SINEW | 5 | Band of fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone |
35% | TENDON | 6 | The fibrous tissue that attaches muscle to bone |
34% | TENDON | 6 | Cord of fibrous tissue attaching a muscle to bone |
34% | TENDONS | 7 | Fibrous connective tissue joining bone to muscle |
33% | UNOBTANIUM | 10 | Fictional mineral that's very difficult to acquire in "Avatar" |
33% | CATFOOD | 7 | Meat in jelly, for a feline to eat |
33% | MILE | 4 | Difficult-but-possible distance to run in four minutes |
33% | BACON | 5 | Meat wrapping used to make pigs in a blanket |
32% | MARINATE | 8 | Soak meat in seasoning prior to cooking |
32% | ELASTIN | 7 | Protein similar to collagen found in connective tissue |
32% | MARINADE | 8 | Soak veggies or meat in it to infuse |
32% | STEW | 4 | Cook slowly in liquid, often to tenderize meat |
31% | MARINATE | 8 | To put meat in a sauce for a period of time |
31% | CHANTHAM | 8 | Meat eaten while intoning like monks? (... to another school in Pennsylvania) |
31% | SUTURE | 6 | Stitch used to hold tissue together in the body |
31% | MARINATED | 9 | Soaked meat in liquid to add taste before cooking |
31% | ASIA | 4 | Most difficult region to conquer in the board game Risk |
30% | PITABREAD | 9 | What meat is wrapped in to make a gyro: 2 wds. |
29% | ROUGHPATCH | 10 | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
29% | SINEW | 5 | Fibrous tissue |
28% | HARD | 4 | Word with "ship" to refer to difficult or unpleasant conditions in one's life |
28% | GNAW | 4 | To chew aggressively |