Japanese crossword «Nuts»

Excellent!! Are these what we call in England "Conkers" from the horse chestnut tree? We thread string through the conkers & take turns hitting each other's conkers - until one breaks apart see https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Conkers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%99i_o%C5%99%C3%AD%C5%A1ky_pro_Popelku

Brilliant! Initially I was trying to see some sort of ugly dog on a lead...haha. Title makes perfect sense of it! Thank you! My favourites are where the final clicks brings an image different to the one in my mind as I'm doing them.

So, not a cotton plant.