Crossword-Solution: HARDPAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hardpan | n. | The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a. |
We have 17 clues for the answer “HARDPAN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Drainage hinderer | 1 answer |
| hard impervious layer of clay below the soil | 1 answer |
| Type of subsoil. | 1 answer |
| Subsoil layer | 1 answer |
| Solid, unplowed land. | 1 answer |
| Firm, dry ground | 1 answer |
| Firm soil | 1 answer |
| Firm layer of clay underlying soft soil. | 1 answer |
| Drainage impairer | 1 answer |
| Dense buildup in makeup powder containers | 1 answer |
| Compact soil layer | 1 answer |
| Clay layer under soil | 1 answer |
| solid base | 2 answers |
| Solid foundation | 2 answers |
| Rock Bottom | 10 answers |
| Bedrock pet | 11 answers |
| bedrock | 26 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
RTAEE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HARDPAN (5)
Looks as if they were playing it rather low down, don't it? Coming down to hardpan and the bed rock--eh?” The Expressman's face was turned anxiously towards Bill, who, after a hurried gulp of his remaining liquor, still stood staring at the window.
Brown and Schaick have, or will have, the control for the whole line of the Salt Lick Pacific Extension, forty thousand dollars a mile over the prairie, with extra for hard-pan--and it'll be pretty much all hardpan I can tell you; besides every alternate section of land on this line.
Dynamiting is still the modern way to clear land as well as to break up a stiff subsoil or hardpan, so as to loosen the earth to let deep roots like trees or alfalfa go down and to secure drainage.
Deep plowing and proper tillage, which allow the rain waters to penetrate the soil, gradually break up and destroy the hardpan, even when it is 10 feet below the surface.
Nevertheless, the farmer should make sure whether or not the hardpan does exist in the soil and plan his methods accordingly.
Quotes with HARDPAN (1)
I have never felt like I was creating anything. For me, writing is like walking through a desert and all at once, poking up through the hardpan, I see the top of a chimney. I know there's a house under there, and I'm pretty sure that I can dig it up if I want. That's how I feel. It's like the stories are already there. What they pay me for is the leap of faith that says: "If I sit down and do this, everything will come out OK.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1952–2023).