Like dried mud
Else clues• Became solid
• Compacted
• Congealed
• Crusted
• Encrusted
• Filled in holes
• Formed a crust
• Formed into clumps
• Got crusty
• Got hard
• Hardened
• Like dry mud on cleats
• Like heavy makeup
• Like mud on cleats
• Like old mud on one's shoes
• Like thick, dry mud
• Lumpy
• Manufactured soap
• Plastered on
• Solidified