Clues for the word "METAL"
We've had 255 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 478 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New Zealand Herald crossword on February 18, 2026.
Definition of metal
- n. - An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted with the nonmetals, or metalloids. No sharp line can be drawn between the metals and nonmetals, and certain elements partake of both acid and basic qualities, as chromium, manganese, bismuth, etc.
- n. - Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners.
- n. - A mine from which ores are taken.
- n. - The substance of which anything is made; material; hence, constitutional disposition; character; temper.
- n. - Courage; spirit; mettle. See Mettle.
- n. - The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
- n. - The effective power or caliber of guns carried by a vessel of war.
- n. - Glass in a state of fusion.
- n. - The rails of a railroad.
- v. t. - To cover with metal; as, to metal a ship's bottom; to metal a road.
Referring Clues
- One may be precious
- Copper, e.g.
- Mercury or cobalt
- It may be forged
- It may be picked up in a bar
- Palladium, for one
- Tungsten, e.g.
- Ozzy Osbourne's music, informally
- Rock music subgenre
- Ozzy Osbourne's music, for short
- Rock music genre
- Rock genre, informally
- Quonset hut material
- Stuff in a mint
- Bad stuff to microwave
- Rock genre
- Silver or platinum
- Zinc or zirconium
- Heavy ___ music
- Blue Öyster Cult's music genre
- What a detector may detect
- Zinc, for one
- Gold or silver
- Alloy component
- Gold or platinum
- Sheet ___
- Mercury, for one
- "Heavy" genre
- Iron, for one
- Iron or lead
- Scrap yard material
- Twisted Sister's music
- Gold, bronze, or silver
- Heavy or precious follower
- Rock variety
- It can be heavy or precious
- "Heavy" music genre
- Like most golf woods, nowadays
- Almost any element whose name ends in -ium
- Scandium, for example
- Judas Priest's genre
- Nickel, e.g.
- Lead, for example
- Sodium, for one
- Copper, for one
- Silver or steel
- Copper or aluminum
- Tin or titanium
- Ore material
- Forging product
- Def Leppard's genre
- Steel or silver
- It may be precious
- Wire material
- Smith's material
- Manganese or magnesium
- Microwave's foil?
- Good conductor?
- Heavy genre
- What a detector may find
- Microwave's nemesis
- Kind of detector
- No-no in a microwave
- Something to keep out of a microwave
- Cobalt or copper
- Detector type
- Word with heavy or sheet
- Conductive substance
- Heavy rock?
- Iron or copper, e.g.
- Rhenium or rhodium
- Word with "heavy" or "precious"
- Nickel or cadmium
- Heavy ___
- With 85-Across, beachcomber's device
- Material used in 24-Across
- Bullion
- Type of detector
- Coin composition
- Detector activator
- Heavy ___
- Mercury, but not Mars
- SMWIA word
- Gold or lead
- It may be forged or precious
- Mint need
- Iridium, e.g.
- Platinum, for example
- Listing in the periodic table
- Gold, silver or bronze
- Tin or tungsten
- Listing on periodic table
- Iron or tin
- Music genre
- Iron or gold
- Gold, for one
- Silver or gold
- Lead, for one
- Platinum, e.g.
- Ore yield
- Ore yield
- Silver or tin
- Tin, for one
- "Heavy" music
- Smith's medium
- It's found in a foundry
- Founding need
- Copper or cobalt
- Heavy music?
- Black Sabbath's genre
- Lead or zinc
- Airport detector exciter
- In music, it can be heavy
- Copper or chromium
- Gold or iron
- Titanium or tin
- Airport detector activator
- Lithium or iridium
- Conductive element
- Silver or platinum, e.g.
- Osmium or rhodium
- Genre featured on MTV's "Headbangers Ball"
- Iron, e.g.
- Foundry material
- Gold or silver, e.g.
- Hard material
- Conductive material
- Headbanging music
- Heavy ___: music genre
- It may be found in sheets
- Word in many music genres
- Gold or copper
- Bullion, for instance
- Genre for death or megadeth
- Black Sabbath's genre, for short
- Molten cast iron
- Genre for Mötley Crüe
- Mercury or gallium
- Music genre word
- One of the world's greatest conductors?
- Calcium, e.g.
- Microwave no-no
- Nickel, but not dime
- Word with "precious" or "heavy"
- Grammy category
- Black Sabbath's music, for short
- Music genre that's sometimes "heavy"
- Get a lode of this!
- ___ detector
- Tin or aluminum
- Genre for Black Sabbath
- Silver, e.g.
- Steel or iron
- It should never be put in a microwave
- It sets off airport detectors
- ___ detector (airport device)
- ___ detector (airport screening device)
- Conductive stuff
- Type of element
- ___ umlaut
- Megadeth's genre
- Accept "___ Heart"
- Quiet Riot "___ Health"
- Headbanger's music genre
- Tungsten, for example
- Bone found in food is mostly hard
- Good conductor for one sort of music
- It's typically hard when there's only bad meat left
- Half of it used during a meal may be silver
- Element
- Lead, say, for Bond's boss and others
- Material detectable in the ground
- Element eg for road or rail
- Element such as iron, copper, zinc etc
- Possibly stainless tin opener used during a meal
- Joined Mr Gore for a mineral
- Iron, for example
- It makes me talk endlessly _ usually a hard thing
- Iron
- For many on late turn, it can be heavy
- Lead or iron, perhaps
- For a learner joining the police, it's apt to be hard
- Iron, say
- Old type of road stone
- Mercury or molybdenum
- Solid material, a good conductor of heat and electricity
- Iron, gold or silver, for example
- Titanium or tungsten
- Electropositive material
- Any of the transition elements
- Detector's find
- Lead, perhaps, from last 14 letters?
- Incoherently lament losing new gold or silver, maybe
- Possibly lead me to think about law, initially
- Lead is one for master and others to follow
- Substance of sound strength?
- Male behind promoted copper?
- Copper, and others, after leader of Mafia?
- Encountered aluminium and copper, say
- Copper, and others, after leader of mob?
- Copper, perhaps, and others following Bond's boss
- Gold or tin
- Iron or copper
- Copper maybe making a name with the police
- Brass, say, for military leader and others
- Pipe material
- Iron or steel
- Apt genre for Iron Maiden
- Like virtually all golf club heads nowadays
- Nickel or copper
- Nickel, for one
- Music genre that's the focus of Decibel magazine
- Like a tin-opener used during a meal
- Bronze, e.g.
- Sometimes-heavy music genre
- Microwaving no-no
- It's hard, maybe, but bad meat gets left
- Judas Priest's genre, for short
- Ore's yield
- "___ Health": Quiet Riot album
- Titanium or vibranium
- Iron or steel, for example
- Alloy
- Heavy ___ band
- Music genre with "death" and "speed" varieties
- Lead, e.g.
- The mettle, we hear, of a man of iron?
- Not finished during a meal, it may well be hard
- U, V or W, on the periodic table
- Possibly iron tin opener used during dinner
- Copper or tin
- Copper or nickel
- Nickel isn't the main one in a nickel
- Copper or iron
- Category for iron and Iron Maiden
- Aluminum or titanium
- Chrome or silver
- Music genre often labeled "heavy"
- Valuable part of ore
- Lead or copper, for example
- Chrome or copper, e.g.
- Alloy element
- Copper or zinc
- 51-Across, e.g.
- It makes me talk endlessly - usually a hard thing
- What staples are made out of
- Material in a robot costume
- Key material?
- Tin, e.g.
- Black Sabbath genre
- Scrapyard material
- Blacksmith's material
- Apt homophone of "medal"
- Headbanger's genre
- Word with heavy or scrap
Last Seen In
- New Zealand Herald - February 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - February 04, 2026
- Your Life Choices - February 02, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 15, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 09, 2026
- Daily American - January 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 01, 2026
- Daily Quick - January 01, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - December 20, 2025
- New York Times - December 11, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 04, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 06, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 05, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - October 28, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - September 17, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 10, 2025
- New York Times - July 17, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - July 09, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 25, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 16, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 12, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - May 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - May 08, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 29, 2025
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