Clues for the word "SALTPETRE"
We've had 9 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 14 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Quick crossword on May 24, 2025.
Definition of saltpetre
- n. - Potassium nitrate; niter; a white crystalline substance, KNO3, having a cooling saline taste, obtained by leaching from certain soils in which it is produced by the process of nitrification (see Nitrification, 2). It is a strong oxidizer, is the chief constituent of gunpowder, and is also used as an antiseptic in curing meat, and in medicine as a diuretic, diaphoretic, and refrigerant.
Referring Clues
- Potassium nitrate
- Part of explosive mixture shattering steel trap
- Steel trap sprung by one with part in old plot
- A letter P's compound, potassium compound
- Potassium nitrate and sodium chloride prized by soldiers
- Sailor safe, reportedly, after using explosive ingredient
- Sailor about to conceal special gunpowder ingredient
- Sailor's pique about getting a gunpowder ingredient
- Tar baby has Remus' back problem eliminated with fertiliser
Last Seen In
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2023
- Daily Quick - May 24, 2017
- Guardian Quick - June 04, 2015
- Guardian Quick - November 07, 2013
- Guardian Cryptic - July 02, 2012
- Guardian Everyman - June 13, 2010
- Guardian Everyman - May 11, 2008
- Guardian Everyman - August 05, 2007
- Guardian Prize - February 12, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - January 05, 2004
- Guardian Quiptic - March 31, 2003
- Guardian Cryptic - May 17, 2002