Clues for the word "COPAL"
We've had 14 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 10 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 25, 2025.
Definition of copal
- - A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrucosum, and Hymenaea Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes.
Referring Clues
- Hard resin
- Fossil resin
- Varnish resin
- Resin used in varnish
- Tropical tree resin
- Brittle aromatic resin
- Kind of varnish giving the piano that black outward appearance
- Resin from underground deposit, soft inside
- Firm friend's exudation
- Resin that's hard or soft embedded in underground deposit
- Resin from joint buddy?
- Varnish something black soft-heartedly
- Catch the name of a varnish
- Catch an apprentice helping to make varnish!
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 25, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 04, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - May 08, 2014
- Guardian Prize - February 18, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - May 29, 2009
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 28, 2009
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 01, 2006
- Guardian Cryptic - October 15, 2004
- Washington Post - May 12, 2004