Clues for the word "MERCURY"
We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 45 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on May 07, 2026.
Definition of mercury
- n. - A Latin god of commerce and gain; -- treated by the poets as identical with the Greek Hermes, messenger of the gods, conductor of souls to the lower world, and god of eloquence.
- n. - A metallic element mostly obtained by reduction from cinnabar, one of its ores. It is a heavy, opaque, glistening liquid (commonly called quicksilver), and is used in barometers, thermometers, ect. Specific gravity 13.6. Symbol Hg (Hydrargyrum). Atomic weight 199.8. Mercury has a molecule which consists of only one atom. It was named by the alchemists after the god Mercury, and designated by his symbol, /.
- n. - One of the planets of the solar system, being the one nearest the sun, from which its mean distance is about 36,000,000 miles. Its period is 88 days, and its diameter 3,000 miles.
- n. - A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
- n. - Sprightly or mercurial quality; spirit; mutability; fickleness.
- n. - A plant (Mercurialis annua), of the Spurge family, the leaves of which are sometimes used for spinach, in Europe.
- v. t. - To wash with a preparation of mercury.
Referring Clues
- Thermometer element
- First rock from the sun
- It falls in winter
- Barometer filler
- Element #80
- Roman God messenger
- 60's space project
- Metallic element
- Element 80
- Planet nearest to the sun
- Liquid metal
- Quicksilver
- With 1-Down, first American astronauts
- Clue for 17-, 27-, 45- and 58-Across
- Nearest planet to the sun
- Closest planet to the sun
- Planet closest to the sun
- Happy to admit copper is a metal
- Planet
- First rock from the Sun - Hg
- Short Hobbit carries copper and quicksilver
- Planet nearest the sun
- Element in jovial element
- First planet from the Sun
- See 18
- Heavy metal singer
- Planet next to the sun
- Having fun catching copper in barometer, perhaps
- Happy to describe copper as metal
- Planet rising in temperature
- Happy to admit copper's a metal
- Happy to include copper and another metal
- Roman god of trade
- *"The Winged Messenger"
- Wanderer in tube?
- Slightly drunk, admitting copper's an element
- A poisonous element here? It's a small world!
- Causing laughter about copper being an element
- One associated with Queen, happy to bring in copper
- L travelling in the tube?
- Exceptionally huge
- See 20-Across
- An element, a god or a planet?
- Chemical element, symbol Hg
- Venus neighbor
- Hg
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - May 07, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - August 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 11, 2024
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - August 05, 2023
- Daily Quick - August 28, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - December 02, 2017
- Daily Cryptic - August 05, 2017
- Mirror Quick - July 05, 2017
- Guardian Prize - May 13, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - April 08, 2016
- Guardian Quick - December 28, 2015
- Universal - December 19, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - November 27, 2015
- Guardian Cryptic - April 01, 2015
- LA Times - August 22, 2014
- New York Times - April 23, 2014
- Universal - December 14, 2013
- Guardian Everyman - August 04, 2013
- Guardian Quick - July 23, 2013
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - July 18, 2013
- Chronicle of Higher Education - August 17, 2012
- Chronicle of Higher Education - August 03, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - July 31, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - January 09, 2012
- Guardian Cryptic - November 09, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - September 19, 2011
- Guardian Cryptic - March 01, 2010
- Guardian Cryptic - October 30, 2009
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