Crossword-Solution: SCRUNCHY 8 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 18

When skies wer peäle wi' twinklèn stars, An' whislèn aïr a-risèn keen; An' birds did leäve the icy bars To vind, in woods, their mossy screen; When vrozen grass, so white's a sheet, Did scrunchy sharp below our veet, An' water, that did sparkle red At zunzet, wer a-vrozen dead; The ringers then did spend an hour A-ringèn changes up in tow'r; Vor Lydlinch bells be good vor sound, An' liked by all the naïghbours round.

And she had been living on green apples, pastry and cocoanuts for four days! When asked what quality she so much fancied in this strange dietary, she said— “The apples are so nice and sour, and the cocoanut is so scrunchy!” Whatever you put before an invalid in the way of food must look appetising.