Clues for the word "ARSENIC"
We've had 87 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 200 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on January 10, 2026.
Definition of arsenic
- n. - One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the nonmetals. It is of a steel-gray color and brilliant luster, though usually dull from tarnish. It is very brittle, and sublimes at 356ยก Fahrenheit. It is sometimes found native, but usually combined with silver, cobalt, nickel, iron, antimony, or sulphur. Orpiment and realgar are two of its sulphur compounds, the first of which is the true arsenicum of the ancients. The element and its compounds are active poisons. Specific gravity from 5.7 to 5.9. Atomic weight 75. Symbol As.
- n. - Arsenious oxide or arsenious anhydride; -- called also arsenious acid, white arsenic, and ratsbane.
- a. - Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.
Referring Clues
- Elderberry wine additive, in a Kesselring play
- Cause of Philip Boyes's death in a Dorothy Sayers novel
- Poison in classic mysteries
- It's detected by the Marsh test, in forensics
- As, chemically
- Element in insecticides
- Insecticide poison
- "___ and Old Lace"
- Poison used in a play
- Killer in a Kesselring play
- One of two elements that ends with the letter C
- Element #33
- One of the metalloids
- "___ and Old Lace" (Joseph Kesselring play)
- Pesticide ingredient
- Abby and Martha's poison of choice, in a 1939 play
- As, in formulas
- Toxicology concern
- Poisonous element
- Elderberry wine additive, in a classic film
- Poisonous atomic number 33
- Killer in some murder mysteries
- Element of many murder mysteries?
- Straight As in chemistry?
- Once-common pesticide component
- Poisonous element that flavors a sauce in "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
- #33 on a table
- Poison in some whodunits
- Whodunit poison
- Stuff in rat poison
- '___ and Old Lace'
- Ingredient of the Brewster sisters' elderberry wine
- Poison in some mysteries
- Poisonous metallic element
- Poison in a 1939 play
- Element of many whodunits
- Element 33
- Poison used in a play and film
- Lethal additive to elderberry wine, in a Kesselring black comedy
- Suspected cause of Napoleon's death
- As, on the periodic table
- "___ and Old Lace" (play and movie)
- Deadly element
- Pesticide poison
- ' and Old Lace'
- What gets As in chemistry?
- As, for Einstein
- Element in murder mysteries
- Partner of old lace
- Metallic element
- Poison
- As, in the lab
- Poison scare in mess
- Poison can rise when dissolved
- Toxic element
- Poison used in pesticides and weedkillers
- Killer I see reported going to block at Stonehenge for execution
- As bottom delightful, bottom pinched
- As nice as ever, First Lady ignored straying
- Poison scare in disaster
- Poison scare in new development
- Element wanting change to back pair in soccer team
- Increased circulation without editor, which could be fatal
- Most of 14 top people I caught using poison
- Siren going off interrupts air conditioning element
- Poison type
- Strong poison
- Brittle grey-green semi-metal, atomic number 33
- Racine's reformed killer
- Element No 33
- Medicine's rapidly recalled - it contains poison!
- As found in vaccines radiographer brought over
- As is nacre, surprisingly
- As it is in the laboratory, it reacts in scare
- As word for part of anatomy, not altogether polite
- Deadly stuff when bum's not quite pleasant
- "_ and Old Lace"
- Old lace's partner?
- As football team loses a league, 1 to 100
- Scenario mostly involved poison
- As actor discontentedly simulated endless incest
- As, to Einstein
- Setting a snare, I caught a potential killer
- Old lace's mate?
- Type of poison
- It once earned the nickname "poudre de succession" ("inheritance powder")
- Element with atomic number 33
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - January 10, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 03, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - December 08, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - November 29, 2025
- LA Times - November 23, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 02, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - October 13, 2025
- Daily American - September 22, 2025
- Your Life Choices - September 03, 2025
- Daily American - July 29, 2025
- Your Life Choices - July 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 23, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - May 23, 2025
- Daily American - May 12, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - April 01, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 30, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 25, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 15, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - December 15, 2024
- Your Life Choices - November 20, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - November 01, 2024
- Mindfood Daily - October 30, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 02, 2024
- Daily American - September 29, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 23, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 22, 2024
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