Clues for the word "STEEL"
We've had 288 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 664 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on August 18, 2026.
Definition of steel
- n. - A variety of iron intermediate in composition and properties between wrought iron and cast iron (containing between one half of one per cent and one and a half per cent of carbon), and consisting of an alloy of iron with an iron carbide. Steel, unlike wrought iron, can be tempered, and retains magnetism. Its malleability decreases, and fusibility increases, with an increase in carbon.
- n. - An instrument or implement made of steel
- n. - A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc.
- n. - An instrument of steel (usually a round rod) for sharpening knives.
- n. - A piece of steel for striking sparks from flint.
- n. - Fig.: Anything of extreme hardness; that which is characterized by sternness or rigor.
- n. - A chalybeate medicine.
- n. - To overlay, point, or edge with steel; as, to steel a razor; to steel an ax.
- n. - To make hard or strong; hence, to make insensible or obdurate.
- n. - Fig.: To cause to resemble steel, as in smoothness, polish, or other qualities.
- n. - To cover, as an electrotype plate, with a thin layer of iron by electrolysis. The iron thus deposited is very hard, like steel.
Referring Clues
- Product of Bethlehem
- Shipment to Detroit
- Girder material
- Man of ___ (Superman)
- Bethlehem product
- Kind of wool or drum
- Symbol of strength
- Pittsburgh product
- Prepare (oneself)
- Brace
- Girder composition
- With 4-Down, some armor
- Strong stuff
- Gray tone
- Kind of wool or mill
- Bailey bridge material
- Kind of wool
- Mill output
- Strengthen
- Composition of some nerves?
- Stainless ___
- ___ drum (Caribbean instrument)
- U.S. ___
- It's associated with some magnets and magnates
- Nerve material?
- Sword material
- Blue hue
- Fence material
- Blade sharpener
- "Man of ___" (Superman)
- Alloy of iron
- Iron alloy
- It comes from Bethlehem
- Kind of guitar
- Abs of ___
- Andrew Carnegie's product
- Carnegie foundation?
- Once-dominant industry in Pittsburgh
- Shade of blue or gray
- I-beam material
- Alloy for which Damascus was famous
- 11th anniversary gift
- Superman's makeup?
- "Stainless" metal
- Mettle or metal
- Many a shipment to Detroit
- 1943 penny material
- Anniversary gift between tin and silk
- Makeup of some buns?
- Word with drum or guitar
- Makeup of Superman?
- Carnegie haul?
- Color similar to gunmetal
- Rebar material
- Anniversary gift after tin
- 1943 penny metal
- Shade of gray
- Pittsburgh product, historically
- Iron-carbon alloy
- Stainless, maybe
- Superman's makeup
- Knife material
- It's often forged
- Type of wool
- Hard stuff
- Abs makeup, ideally?
- Sword metal
- Brace (oneself)
- "Stainless" metal
- Soap-pad material
- Mill product
- "Stainless" alloy
- Mill material
- Make tough
- Epitome of hardness
- Drum or guitar type
- Product of the Bessemer process
- "Buns of ___"
- Construction metal
- Type of magnolias
- Symbol of toughness
- Source of J.P. Morgan's fortune
- Type of drum or guitar
- Eleventh anniversary gift
- Mill output, perhaps
- Paradigm of strength
- Word with wool or works
- Shaq role
- Bluish-gray color
- Wool material?
- Word before drum or guitar
- It may be stainless
- Kind of mill or band
- Metal in girders
- Coke is used for this
- Bethlehem ___
- Word with plate or plant
- Render inflexible
- Hard metal
- "Stainless" alloy
- Pittsburgh product, once
- Tough stuff
- Unyielding
- ___ blue
- Skyscraper material
- What tuning forks are made of
- Fill with resolve
- Knife-sharpening tool
- Bethlehem is known for it
- Kind of guitar or band
- Scratchy wool material?
- Rule material
- Basis of Andrew Carnegie's fortune
- Cold metal?
- '___ Magnolias' (Julia Roberts film)
- Bessemer product
- Superman comparison
- With 4-Down, Atlantic City attraction
- 1997 movie starring Shaq
- Horseshoe material
- "___ Magnolias"
- "Abs of ___"
- Bessemer material
- ___ guitar
- The Man of ___
- Hamilton alias ___ City
- Piano string makeup
- Foundry output
- Brick-and mortar alternative
- ___ wool
- ___ drum (Caribbean instrument)
- High-rise frame material
- Superhero played by Shaquille O'Neal
- Man of ___ (Super-man comparison)
- 1943 penny composition
- Andrew Carnegie's industry
- Superman, the Man of ___
- Skyscraper guts
- Girder metal
- Type of band or trap
- Foundry product
- The "S" in IPSCO
- Hardness symbol
- Sort of drum or band
- Flatware metal
- Word with wool or guitar
- Novelist Danielle
- Longtime Pittsburgh product
- Piano wire material
- Blade metal
- Drum material
- Strong metal
- Product of the Nucor Corporation
- Alloy in girders
- Beam material
- Carnegie's industry
- Shade of blue
- Stainless product
- Bethlehem product, once
- Gird (oneself)
- Toughness
- Sword stuff
- Gateway Arch material
- Rust belt product
- "O god of battles! ___ my soldiers' hearts": Henry V
- Superman's metal?
- Alloy containing carbon
- Bridge material
- Construction alloy
- Mill metal
- Metaphor for 15 Across
- Durable metal
- Metal
- Refined iron
- Shaq superhero
- Type of trap or wool
- "Man of ___" (Superman flick)
- Carnegie's product
- "Wheels" to Stones
- What the Stones' "Wheels" are made of
- Walter Egan "Magnet and ___"
- Stones "___ Wheels"
- '00 Pantera album "Reinventing the ___"
- Rage Against the Machine "Fistful of ___"
- It's hard to be both a saint and a slippery customer
- There's plenty of iron in it
- Sort of band a butcher could take in hand?
- A lord, a saint and a well-known swimmer
- It's hard, but makes for greater incisiveness
- Put up deposit to secure tons of metal
- Gateway Arch makeup
- Tuning fork makeup
- Rebar makeup
- Prepare for bad news
- Shaquille O'Neal film
- Kind of wool or guitar
- Bessemer-process output
- Knight's trusty thing
- Allow leading serf to rise up over English or Scottish baron
- Fish under stone, kind of blue or grey
- Metal brace
- Make hard and unfeeling
- To rob reportedly requires nerve
- See 11
- Resolve
- Girder, essentially
- Superman's composition?
- Alloy of iron and carbon?
- "___ Magnolias": 1989 film
- Small fish covering tons of metal
- Something hard to pinch, we hear
- Material for building bridges
- Alloy
- Fortify
- Metal describing one with mettle
- Something categorized by carbon content
- ___ band
- The tough quality that can put an edge on things
- Is such a band never likely to break up?
- Tempered literary symbol in 16-Across
- Something hard to sharpen knives on
- Common metal
- Alloy containing iron
- Product Pittsburgh is famous for
- Strength, courage
- An iron container
- Kind of wool?
- Source of Andrew Carnegie's fortune
- Tire material
- Alloy of iron and carbon
- Bestselling author Danielle
- To thieve, we hear, is something hard
- What recycling code "40" is used for
- "Cold ___"
- Auto frame material
- Word before "mill" or "wool"
- Classic Pittsburgh mill product
- Type of wool?
- Alloy that might be stainless
- Something hard for a butcher to use?
- It's hard being a former party leader
- Big name in romance fiction
- Pittsburgh export
- Bethlehem ___ (old company)
- Strong building material
- Superman's makeup?
- Something hard that can give you an edge
- Word with guitar or wool
- Metaphor for strength
- Alloy used in skyscrapers
- Scalpel material
- "___ Magnolias" (film starring Dolly Parton)
- Alloy that symbolizes strength
- Heavy metal alloy
- Material of some body jewelry
- Sort of band a butcher could take in hand?
- Bluish-gray shade
- Construction beam material
- Material for some drums
- Word before "wool" or "drum"
- Something hard for the butcher to take in hand?
- A hard place to drive in the outskirts of Southall
- Cargo ship material
- Crane material
- Something hard to steal, it's said
- The hard stuff one may keep in the kitchen
- Romance novelist Danielle
- Metal that's a resource in Terraforming Mars
- ___ City: Pittsburgh
- Metal for construction beams
- Super-strong building material
- ___ drum
- Kind of drum or guitar
- Girder alloy
- Famed Damascus product
- What many tins are made of, despite their name
- Sturdy metal
- "Stainless" material
- World's most recycled material
- Metal used in kitchen knives
- Durable alloy
- Gateway Arch metal
- Material associated with Pittsburgh
- Source of Andrew Carnegie's wealth
- Roller coaster material
- Material refined through the Bessemer process
- Construction girder metal
- Symbol of strength and solidity
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - August 18, 2026
- LA Times - August 17, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - August 06, 2026
- New York Times - July 09, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - July 05, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 23, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - June 19, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - May 29, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 20, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 27, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - April 22, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 23, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 28, 2026
- Evening Standard Quick - February 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 25, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - February 19, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 11, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 18, 2026
- Evening Standard Easy - January 08, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 05, 2026
- LA Times - December 29, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 20, 2025
- Mirror Daily - December 10, 2025
- New York Times - November 07, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 01, 2025
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