This is a HARD one.

Add the letters H-A-R-D to the initial answers in the following questions; then anagram for the final answer. Don't let the word HARD scare you! It's just a bunch of letters!

-1.HARD + three of a kind in Texas hold-em poker = ridges or grooves around a screw. 7 letters plural

-2.HARD + third person singular of BE + coast = pungent condiment or root. 11 starts with h

-3.HARD + religious group adhering to distinctive doctrines = stiffened the laundry. 8 starts with s

-4.HARD + perceives with the ear + informal farewell = men's clothing and accessories store. 12 starts with h

5.HARD + cow's sound + abbreviation for directional opposite of west = ample vertical space or Max _______ 8 starts with h

-6.HARD + fifth letter of the alphabet + ink filled writing implements = honed. 9 starts with s

-7.HARD + profound and reverent fear = charged portion of a missile. 7 starts with w

-8.HARD + gave birth = loathed or detested. 8 starts with a

-9.HARD + respond to + young male = organic compounds that include sugars, starches, celluloses and gums (singular). 12 starts with c

-10. HARD + a yard is made up of three ____ = sired. 8 starts with f

Good Morning, Curly

2. horseradish

Hi Jema, good answer.

10. fathered

3. starched

Good ones girls.

6.Sharpened

8. abhorred

Morning curly,

Morning, good ones.

4. haberdashery

1 - threads

7. Warhead

9. carbohydrate - react + boy + hard

Yep I meant 9

Good ones. Joan, did you mean no.9?

5. headroom

Thanks mxm.