Carbon mineral used in pencils (8) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GRAPHITE Carbon mineral used in pencils (8) (8)
7% GYPSUM Mineral used in plaster of Paris (6) Puzzler Backwords Sep 26, 2025
7% ERASE Use the pink end of a pencil (5) The Atlantic Sep 7, 2025
7% STUB Well-used pencil (4) Universal Aug 7, 2025
7% NUB Well-used pencil (3) Universal Jul 5, 2025
6% ISOTOPE Carbon-14, e.g. (7) Wall Street Journal Oct 18, 2025
6% ORE Mineral (3) (3) Mirror Quick Oct 18, 2025
6% ICEE Frozen carbonated beverage (4)
6% CAPECOD US tourist area's carbon copy hoax (4,3) (7) The Guardian Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
6% ORES Minerals (4) (4) Mirror Quick Oct 11, 2025
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