Clues for the word "LITMUS"
We've had 49 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 65 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on October 06, 2025.
Definition of litmus
- n. - A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
Referring Clues
- Kind of paper or test
- Kind of test
- Blue coloring matter
- ___ test
- Chemical indicator
- It turns red in acid
- ___ test: pH indicator
- Word before paper or test
- Type of test
- ___ test: pH indicator
- Acidity detector
- Paper in chem lab
- Paper in chem lab
- Color-changing stuff
- Acid-test paper
- Acidity tester
- Acid-base indicator
- Chem test paper?
- Substance in acid tests
- Benchmark test
- Acid or base indicator
- Chemistry paper
- The acid test?
- Scientific test involving two of the humanities
- Test material that shows up in final? It must
- Substance used to distinguish between acid and alkali
- Substance used to tell acid from alkali
- Test paper?
- Shed light on rising problem for test paper
- Slum it as a kind of test
- Substance turned red by acids
- Substance used in test for acidity
- Material from lichens used to test for acidity
- Material used as an acid-base indicator
- Some call it music (take acid to it)
- In general it must be a kind of test
- Colouring material used as a rough acid-base indicator
- Long new technology problem comes up this sort of test
- Settled problem about dye
- Chem lab colorant
- Chemical tester finding uranium in illuminated manuscript
- The acid test?
- Red/blue chemical test
- Coloring used in chemistry
- Acidity-testing paper
- Acid-base test material
- Stuff that turns red in acid
- Word before "test" or "paper" in chemistry
- Chemistry paper?
Last Seen In
- Daily Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - March 06, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - February 07, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 14, 2024
- LA Times - January 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - October 06, 2023
- Mirror Mini - May 14, 2023
- LA Times - May 10, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - March 06, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - February 07, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 23, 2022
- New York Times - January 20, 2022
- Daily Cryptic - October 06, 2017
- New York Times - January 29, 2017
- Guardian Everyman - October 16, 2016
- Netword - June 12, 2016
- Jonesin - September 22, 2015
- LA Times - September 22, 2015
- Guardian Quiptic - June 29, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 30, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - May 22, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - March 21, 2015
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - March 21, 2015
- Jonesin - February 10, 2015
- Guardian Speedy - December 29, 2013
- Washington Post - September 15, 2013
- LA Times - July 26, 2013
- Universal - May 12, 2013
- LA Times - April 27, 2013
- Guardian Speedy - January 20, 2013
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