Clues for the word "ZINC"
We've had 168 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 323 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on March 27, 2026.
Definition of zinc
- n. - An abundant element of the magnesium-cadmium group, extracted principally from the minerals zinc blende, smithsonite, calamine, and franklinite, as an easily fusible bluish white metal, which is malleable, especially when heated. It is not easily oxidized in moist air, and hence is used for sheeting, coating galvanized iron, etc. It is used in making brass, britannia, and other alloys, and is also largely consumed in electric batteries. Symbol Zn. Atomic weight 64.9.
- v. t. - To coat with zinc; to galvanize.
Referring Clues
- Vitamin additive
- Element #30
- Over-the-counter cold remedy
- Coating metal
- Brass component
- Healthful mineral
- Like some plating
- Galvanizing metal
- Plating material
- Brass = copper + ___
- Kind of sulfide
- Metal in brass
- Metal in pennies
- Multivitamin additive
- Metal in some batteries
- Metal in galvanization
- Much of a penny
- ___ oxide (sunscreen compound)
- Next-to-last element alphabetically
- Metal found in pennies
- Ointment element
- Mineral used in calamine
- Metal used in galvanization
- Its atomic number is 30
- Daily tablet ingredient
- Copper's partner in brass
- It makes cents
- Multivitamin mineral
- "From A to ___" (multivitamin ad line)
- 97.5% of a penny
- Penny material, mostly
- Oysters are particularly rich in it
- Galvanizing element
- Mineral in oysters
- It makes a lot of cents
- Primary element in pennies
- Calamine ingredient
- Modern pennies, mostly
- Battery metal
- Bluish-white metal
- Atomic number 30
- Metallic nutrient
- Bluish-white element
- Penny metal
- Calamine component
- Nonrust coating
- ___ oxide (white powder)
- Major Peruvian export
- Chemical element
- Penultimate element, alphabetically
- Calamine mineral
- Metal inside pennies
- Nutritional need
- Galvanizing stuff
- Galvanizing material
- Galvanizing matter
- Brass ingredient
- Brittle metal
- Galvanization matter
- Galvanizing agent
- Galvanization substance
- Galvanization material
- Trace mineral
- Sunscreen element
- Trace mineral
- Kind of oxide
- Element in brass
- .975 cents?
- Element No. 30
- Galvanize
- Battery maker's material
- Component of brass
- A penny, mostly
- 1943 penny metal
- Metallic element
- Brass element
- Mineral in pumpkin seeds
- Silvery metal
- Corrosion-preventing coating
- Brass section?
- ___ oxide (beachgoer's protection)
- Battery element
- Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically, before zirconium
- Blue-white element
- It's in brass
- Easily dissolved element
- Mineral contained in oysters
- New pennies, mostly
- More than a fraction of a cent
- Multivitamin ingredient
- A new penny is mostly this
- It's often a coating for steel
- ___ oxide ointment
- Mineral abundant in oysters
- Zn
- Vitamin ad phrase: "From A to ___"
- Portion of a penny
- #30 on a table
- Penny, mostly
- Wurtzite ingredient
- Metal in many batteries
- Most of 2017's pennies
- 30, on a table
- Last thing in a multivitamin?
- White metal
- Metal
- Galvanization stuff
- Bluish-white lustrous metallic element
- Cold-busting element, some say
- Element used to treat diaper rash
- Lozenge ingredient
- Stuff in lozenges
- Metal, Zn
- Constituent of brass
- Metal used in galvanising iron
- Metal alloyed with copper to make brass
- Last in number 30 in the table
- Metallic element used in batteries
- Element unknown on island (not hydrogen)
- Metal used in galvanising
- Type of metal
- Metal much used in alloys
- Penultimate element
- No. 30 and last, limited?
- An element of jazz in concert
- Metal fastener's not closing with top of nylons caught
- Blue-white metallic element, atomic number 30
- Metal for jazz in concert
- Not heavy metal for jazz in concert
- Metal used by Mercedes-Benz in cars
- Mineral in multivitamins
- Penny ingredient
- Most of a penny
- Element in metal plating
- Zone in new country originally producing metal
- #30 on the periodic table
- Metal used by Heinz in cans
- Penny's makeup, mostly
- Gunmetal component
- Second-to-last element alphabetically
- ___ oxide (ointment ingredient)
- About 97% of the modern penny
- About 97.5% of a modern penny
- Penny’s makeup, largely
- Element of glitz in car
- Component of an Olympic bronze medal
- Metallic element, atomic number 30
- Bluish-white metallic element
- Immunity-boosting element
- ___ oxide (sunscreen ingredient)
- Most of the newest pennies
- Metal in some cold remedies
- Zn, on the periodic table
- It follows copper on the periodic table
- Element
- Metal with the chemical symbol Zn
- Essential nutrient for the immune system
- Element used as a cold remedy
- Main metal in pennies
- Next-to-last chemical element alphabetically
- Sunscreen metal
- "From A to ___" (multivitamin ad)
- Galvanizing substance
- Multivitamin element
- Sunscreen ingredient
- Alphabetically last nutrient in a multivitamin, often
- Alloy element
- Nutrient in oysters
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - March 27, 2026
- LA Times - March 25, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 17, 2026
- New York Times - February 13, 2026
- Daily Cryptic - February 06, 2026
- LA Times - January 16, 2026
- LA Times - December 03, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 04, 2025
- Daily American - October 11, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - September 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - July 20, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 04, 2025
- LA Times - March 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - March 22, 2025
- Daily American - March 06, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 21, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - January 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 05, 2025
- Daily Quick - December 22, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 15, 2024
- USA Today - October 30, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 11, 2024
- Family Time - September 22, 2024
- LA Times - July 14, 2024
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