Extracts metal, getting officer in terrible mess (6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SMELTS Extracts metal, getting officer in terrible mess (6) (6)
7% SMELT Extract metal using heat (5) LA Times Daily Apr 11, 2026
6% EXCERPT Extract (7) The Telegraph Quick Apr 23, 2026
6% ORE Piece of rock from which metal could be extracted (3)
5% ERR Mess up (3) Eugene Sheffer Apr 24, 2026
5% TSARS The first of these was Terrible (5) New York Times Apr 24, 2026
5% CHOW Mess hall grub (4) Eugene Sheffer Apr 24, 2026
5% OHNO "This is terrible" (4) Newsday Apr 20, 2026
5% ALUMNA Former student extracting iodine from metallic oxide (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Apr 16, 2026
5% SNAFU Major mess (5) USA Today Apr 15, 2026
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