A variety of chert; a flake of this used as a primitive tool or for striking fire; or, anything proverbially hard (5) Crossword Clue

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Crossword Answer For 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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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FLINT A variety of chert; a flake of this used as a primitive tool or for striking fire; or, anything proverbially hard (5) (5)
4% CORER Tool used with apples (5) Commuter Nov 14, 2025
4% ELSE "Anything ___?" (4) USA Today Nov 4, 2025
4% PROTO "Primitive" prefix (5) The Telegraph Plusword Nov 2, 2025
4% CHISEL Tool used on marble (6) Universal Oct 29, 2025
4% ASH Get clean fires with hard wood (3) The Times Cryptic Oct 24, 2025
4% LETSGO Fires? It's time for us to leave! (6) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 21, 2025
4% ANTS Insects with a "fire" variety (4) USA Today Oct 19, 2025
4% CORN Arable crop used to make cereal flakes (4) The Telegraph Mini Oct 18, 2025
4% ASWESAY "Proverbially speaking . . ." (7) USA Today Oct 13, 2025
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