Clues for the word "MASTIC"
We've had 28 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 30 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 10, 2024.
Definition of mastic
- n. - A low shrubby tree of the genus Pistacia (P. Lentiscus), growing upon the islands and coasts of the Mediterranean, and producing a valuable resin; -- called also, mastic tree.
- n. - A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes.
- n. - A kind of cement composed of burnt clay, litharge, and linseed oil, used for plastering walls, etc.
Referring Clues
- Resin used in varnishes
- Varnish resin
- Tree that yields a chewable resin
- Pasty cement
- Pasty masonry cement
- Plaster-repair stuff
- Construction adhesive
- Resin in varnish
- Resin in Turkish delight
- Tile adhesive
- Aromatic resin
- Adhesive ingredient
- Resin reponsible for mother's nervous condition?
- Aromatic resin used to make varnish
- Kind of varnish on the mast, I see
- Putty-like substance
- Raincoat with its inside messed up with putty
- Mouldable cement
- Gum or nuts one started chewing
- The kind of varnish for a spar or pole, I see
- Pole in charge of sticky stuff
- Such varnish doesn't suit the whole ship, I see
- Such varnish seems a bit sticky to mum
- Such varnish, to mum, is a bit sticky
- Resin reponsible for mother's nervous condition?
- Aromatic gum
- Resin source
- Mother's nervous complaint relates to varnish
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 10, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 24, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 19, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - April 09, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - January 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - December 22, 2023
- Daily Cryptic - April 05, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 01, 2018
- Evening Standard Easy - November 09, 2017
- Penny Dell Daily - July 22, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - April 05, 2017
- New York Times - October 25, 2016
- LA Times - October 25, 2015
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 15, 2015
- Netword - June 20, 2015
- Guardian Quick - May 02, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - January 01, 2013
- New York Times - October 30, 2012
- New York Times - March 19, 2011
- USA Today - February 01, 2011
- Guardian Quick - October 15, 2009
- New York Times - November 08, 2008
- Washington Post - September 06, 2005
- Family Time - October 05, 2004
- Washington Post - September 16, 2004
- Jonesin - August 31, 2004
- Guardian Cryptic - May 23, 2002
- Guardian Cryptic - May 31, 2000
- New York Times - June 03, 1999
- New York Times - March 28, 1998