Long nail used to make metal once (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TALON Long nail used to make metal once (5) (5)
7% SLASH Make long cuts in (5) The Telegraph Mini Nov 16, 2025
7% TREPAN It was once used to make holes in the skull (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
6% CURARE Metallic element not often used as poison (6) The Times Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
6% HAMMER It hits the nail on the head! (6) Universal Dec 10, 2025
6% LUNGI Long cloth used as a sash (5) The Telegraph Plusword Dec 9, 2025
6% POWERTOOL Jigsaw or nail gun (9) USA Today Dec 9, 2025
6% EMERY Nail smoother (5) Eugene Sheffer Dec 5, 2025
6% SEXUAL Making lax use of it (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 5, 2025
6% ZINC Metallic element used in galvanising (4) (4) Puzzler Dec 3, 2025
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