The answers listed here for “Nuts” are not assumptions—they’ve been pulled directly from finished puzzles where solvers encountered and resolved the same clue successfully.
Answer List:
- MANIACS
- DAFT
- KOOKY
- BATTY
- CASHEWS
- INSANE
- ALMONDS
- KERNELS
- KOOKS
- CRAZY
- WITLESS
- LOCO
- LOONY
- PECANS
- BANANAS
- DERANGED
- GAGA
Synonyms and Definitions
MANIACS
- Synonyms: lunatic, madman
DAFT
- Synonyms: around the bend, balmy, barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked, crackers, dotty, fruity, haywire, kookie, kooky, loco, loony, loopy, nutty, round the bend, wacky, whacky
- Definition: Casual or colloquial expressions for mental instability.
KOOKY
- Synonyms: daft
BATTY
- Definition: Casual or colloquial expressions for mental instability.
CASHEWS
- Synonyms: anacardium occidentale, cashew nut, cashew tree
INSANE
- Synonyms: harebrained, mad
ALMONDS
- Synonyms: amygdalus communis, prunus amygdalus, prunus dulcis, sweet almond
KERNELS
- Synonyms: center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum
KOOKS
- Synonyms: odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck
CRAZY
- Synonyms: brainsick, demented, disturbed, gaga, half-baked, looney, nutcase, screwball, sick, softheaded, unbalanced, unhinged, weirdo, wild
- Definition: a person who is mentally unstable and potentially harmful
WITLESS
- Synonyms: nitwitted, senseless, soft-witted
LOCO
- Definition: Casual or colloquial expressions for mental instability.
LOONY
- Synonyms: crazy
- Definition: a person who is mentally unstable and potentially harmful
PECANS
- Synonyms: carya illinoensis, carya illinoinsis, pecan tree
BANANAS
- Synonyms: banana tree
DERANGED
- Synonyms: crazed, derange, half-crazed, perturb, throw out of kilter, unbalance
GAGA
- Synonyms: doddering, doddery, senile