Clues for the word "NITRE"
We've had 44 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 97 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on June 12, 2026.
Definition of nitre
- n. - A white crystalline semitransparent salt; potassium nitrate; saltpeter. See Saltpeter.
- n. - Native sodium carbonate; natron.
- n. - See Niter.
Referring Clues
- British fertilizer
- Saltpeter: Brit.
- Saltpetre
- Saltpeter, to a Brit
- Gunpowder ingredient, to a Brit
- British importation
- Brit's saltpeter
- Saltpeter (Var.)
- Salt peter
- Saltpeter, to Brits
- KNO3, in Britain
- Fireworks ingredient, to a Brit
- Potassium nitrate
- Fireworks ingredient
- Fertiliser ingredient
- Saltpeter
- In autumn it requires gunpowder ingredient
- Gunpowder ingredient
- Parasite on part of fertiliser?
- Mineral turning up in travertine
- Explosive ingredient added to biriani, treacherous
- Fool touching some gunpowder
- Pertinent when not cooped up in gunpowder
- Inert (anag) - saltpetre
- Returned, somewhat disconcertingly, to the compound
- Explosive ingredient hidden by close-knit relatives
- Inert form of chemical
- Fertiliser component
- Explosive component of Ulster on time? On the contrary
- Element switched on compound
- Fool about, seeing gunpowder ingredient
- Sort of inert saltpetre
- Saltpetre some alert inspector rejected
- Fool about with gunpowder ingredient
- Fool about with saltpetre
- In trepidation, I treated saltpetre
- Fool about with ingredient of gunpowder
- Gunpowder component
- Gunpowder part
- Point to it again, this chemical
- As an ingredient of gunpowder, can be a bit disconcerting
- A chemical derived from tin, just about
- Chemical, a possible extract of wintergreen
- With sulphur and charcoal, can be explosive!
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - June 12, 2026
- Daily Quick - December 04, 2025
- Daily Quick - October 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 14, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 15, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - July 16, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - June 17, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 18, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 10, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 24, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 31, 2024
- Daily Quick - June 11, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - April 09, 2024
- Daily Quick - December 04, 2023
- Daily Quick - October 15, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 15, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - June 17, 2023
- Daily Quick - March 18, 2023
- Daily Quick - January 26, 2023
- Daily Quick - December 15, 2022
- Daily Quick - August 31, 2022
- Daily Quick - June 11, 2022
- Mirror Classic - January 21, 2018
- Mirror Classic - January 14, 2018
- Daily Quick - December 04, 2017
- Mirror Classic - November 15, 2017
- Daily Quick - October 15, 2017
- Mirror Classic - October 04, 2017
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