Question
The puzzle that we _________ today was quite a hard
_______ to crack. Directions (111-115): Each question below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank that best fits the meaning of the sentence as whole.Solution
We can always ‘solve’ a puzzle and therefore comment that it was a hard ‘nut’ to crack . (as famously used)
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