Encountered a trainee copper, say Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Encountered a trainee copper, say (5) featured in Mirror Cryptic puzzle on December 2, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is METAL.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% METAL Encountered a trainee copper, say (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 2, 2025
6% MET Encountered (3) The Telegraph Mini Nov 21, 2025
5% ASI "-- was saying ..." (3) Eugene Sheffer Dec 4, 2025
5% CUBIT Copper snapped old measure (5) The Times Quick Cryptic Dec 3, 2025
5% OSO One of a trio encountered by Ricitos de Oro (3) New York Times Dec 3, 2025
5% DELI Where you might have a brie encounter (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 28, 2025
5% EMMET Half of them encountered an ant (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 21, 2025
5% UTTERS Says (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 20, 2025
5% ESTEEM Encounters European revolutionary in high regard (6) (6) The Sun Two Speed Nov 20, 2025
5% TEMPLATE Encountered revolutionary with dish mould (8) (8) The Sun Two Speed Nov 19, 2025

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