| Stone age axe material |
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| Fire-starting rock |
New York Times Mini |
15 Jul 2025 |
| Hard mineral used to create sparks (5) |
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| Michigan city |
Commuter |
20 May 2025 |
| Rock that produces sparks |
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| Female dressing in Welsh town |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
24 Mar 2025 |
| Welsh Town On The River Dee (5) |
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| Our Man ___--, 1966 James Coburn film (5) |
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| Hard stone shaped by knapping |
The Telegraph Mini |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Parrot in the novel Treasure Island (5) |
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| Inventor in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs |
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| To make a lighter work can be a hard thing (5) |
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| See 1 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Welsh town which faces the Wirral (5) |
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| Female dressing, a stone lighter |
The Times Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Fire-starting rock |
Universal |
16 Dec 2024 |
| Town in NE Wales on the Dee estuary housing a ruined castle |
Mirror Quiz |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Hard steel-grey stone (5) |
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| Welsh town on the Dee estuary - and stone that's knapped (5) |
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| It's hardly used to strike a light (5) |
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| City in Michigan that was the birthplace of General Motors |
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| It's hard to strike a light with it (5) |
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| Michigan city |
Universal |
05 Oct 2024 |
| Sparking stone (5) |
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| Spark-making rock |
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| Spark-striking mineral (5) |
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| Being so hard, a Northerner needs a lift |
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| A variety of chert; a flake of this used as a primitive tool or for striking fire; or, anything proverbially hard (5) |
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| Hard grey rock used in walls (5) |
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| Spark producer or a city in Michigan |
LA Times Mini |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Town in NE Wales on the Dee estuary housing a ruined castle |
Mirror Quiz |
29 Jun 2024 |
| Fine threads, light with it? |
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| Fine dressing stone (5) |
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| Fine fluffy stuff becoming very hard |
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| Striking stone |
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| Spark-producing stone (5) |
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| Keith was the frontman of The Prodigy (5) |
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| Fire starter |
Newsday |
16 May 2024 |
| Small town near Mold in North Wales (5) |
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| Stone that sparks |
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| Kind of lock used for a gun (5) |
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| Low grade cotton ___ hard as stone (5) |
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| Low grade cotton - hard as stone (5) |
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| Piece of rock used to produce an igniting spark (5) |
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| Mineral to strike fire from (5) |
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| Hard variety of silica |
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| Early tool material (5) |
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| "In Like ___"; James Coburn film |
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| Mineral struck with steel (5) |
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| Michigan city where General Motors began (5) |
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| Michigan city where General Motors began |
The Guardian Weekend |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Is it hardly used to produce a spark? (5) |
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| ___, Michigan |
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| See 16 |
The Guardian Weekend |
21 Oct 2023 |
| Material for a lighter wheel |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Sparks may fly from it |
Universal |
25 Jul 2022 |
| Captain James ___, fictional pirate played by Toby Stephens in the 2014 TV series "Black Sails" |
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| Kind of hard stone |
The Guardian Quick |
03 Dec 2021 |
| Hard stone |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Hard place to find in North Wales |
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| *What might make sparks fly? |
Universal |
23 Jun 2021 |
| Michigan city where many Christopher Paul Curtis books are set |
USA Today |
27 Mar 2021 |
| City NNW of Detroit |
New York Times |
08 Feb 2021 |
| Mari Copeny's city |
USA Today |
10 Jul 2020 |
| Low-tech fire starter |
The Washington Post |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Low-tech fire starter |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Water crisis city |
USA Today |
31 Mar 2020 |
| Hard mineral |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Rock in a survival kit |
USA Today |
24 Nov 2019 |
| Nothing is returned wrapped in paper and stone |
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| Rush to capture northern pirate |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Sep 2019 |
| Fire-starting rock |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2019 |
| Hard grey rock |
The Times Concise |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Hard stone |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Vacuous fool in time produces rock |
The Sun Two Speed |
03 Jun 2019 |
| Move quickly to protect number in Welsh town |
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| Town in North Wales, on the Dee estuary |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
13 May 2019 |
| Michigan city |
Universal |
04 Nov 2018 |
| Spark-producing rock |
USA Today |
24 Oct 2018 |
| "___ Castle," painting by J.M.W. Turner featuring the sun and its elements |
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| Lighter igniter |
New York Times |
08 Jul 2018 |
| Michigan city |
Premier Sunday |
01 Jul 2018 |
| Fire starter |
Universal |
10 Jun 2018 |
| Michigan city |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2018 |
| City NW of Detroit |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2018 |
| Michigan city |
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| Fire starter |
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| Spark-producing rock |
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| Lighter igniter |
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| City NW of Detroit |
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| Michigan city |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Nov 2017 |
| Fire starter |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Spark producer |
The Washington Post |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Spark producer |
LA Times Daily |
01 Oct 2017 |
| Michigan city with water problems |
Universal |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Fire starter |
LA Times Daily |
25 Aug 2017 |
| Fire starter |
The Washington Post |
25 Aug 2017 |
| City in Michigan |
Universal |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Dueling pistol part |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Rock used to make sparks |
Newsday |
23 May 2017 |
| Silica rock used in lighters, to create sparks |
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| Camper's tool |
New York Times |
22 Feb 2017 |
| Camper's tool |
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| City in Michigan |
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| Spark producer |
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| Fire starter |
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| Michigan city with water problems |
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| 11‘s fine dressing |
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| City with a contaminated drinking supply |
Jonesin |
30 Aug 2016 |
| Stone following dressing |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 May 2016 |
| Arrowhead material |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2016 |
| Arrowhead material |
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| City near Detroit |
Newsday |
06 Sep 2015 |
| City near Detroit |
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| Fire starter |
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| Spark producer |
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| Fire-starting aid |
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| City northwest of Detroit |
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| Prodigy screamer Keith |
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| Low-tech fire starter |
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| Spark source |
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| Rock used to make sparks |
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| Spark producer |
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| Fire starter |
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| Michigan city |
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| City where General Motors was founded |
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| City where General Motors was founded |
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| City where General Motors was founded |
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| Spark producer |
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| Spark producer |
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| Lighter igniter |
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| Spark source |
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| Coburn film "Our Man ___" |
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| "Roger & Me" setting |
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| Camper's aid |
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| Camper's aid |
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| Longtime Buick plant site |
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| Early fire-starter |
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| "Our Man ____" |
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| Walrus captain |
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| Hard stone used for striking fire |
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| "Roger & Me" setting |
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| Lighter igniter |
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| Michigan city that's the setting for the movie "Roger & Me" |
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| Spark producer |
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| "Roger & Me" setting |
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| "Our Man __" (Coburn film) |
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| Old gun need |
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| Lighter part |
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| Arrowhead material |
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| Ignition aid |
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| General Motors' birthplace |
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| Lighter part |
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| City northwest of Detroit |
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| Lighter igniter |
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| Lighter igniter |
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| General Motors' birthplace |
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| Fire starter |
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| "In Like ___," 1967 Coburn film |
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| "Our Man ___," 1966 film |
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| Mich. city |
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| Hard quartz |
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| Form of silica |
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| Spark starter |
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| Powdered quartz |
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| Hard rock |
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| Lighter part |
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| Cigar-lighter lighter |
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| Lighter necessity |
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| Georgia river |
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| Auto-making city |
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| City in Michigan. |
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| Michigan city. |
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| Automotive city in Michigan. |
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| City NW of Detroit. |
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| Michigan city that is the headquarters for GM |
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| He buried treasure on Treasure Island. |
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| Item for a lighter. |
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| Michigan city, pop. 163,143. |
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| Captain ___, Long John Silver's parrot. |
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| City of Michigan. |
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| Kind of quartz. |
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| Quartz. |
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| Captain ___, Silver's parrot. |
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| City near Detroit. |
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| Hard quartz. |
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| Lighter part. |
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