Metal formerly used for making lamp filaments (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TUNGSTEN Metal formerly used for making lamp filaments (8) (8)
6% LAVA ___ lamp (4) USA Today Dec 13, 2025
6% ERST Formerly, formerly (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 20, 2025
5% LIGHT Lamp is not heavy (5) (5) Mirror Cryptic Dec 21, 2025
5% HAD Formerly owned (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 17, 2025
5% NEE Formerly named (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 13, 2025
5% CURARE Metallic element not often used as poison (6) The Times Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
5% EDO Tokyo, formerly (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 10, 2025
5% SEXUAL Making lax use of it (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Dec 5, 2025
5% ZINC Metallic element used in galvanising (4) (4) Puzzler Dec 3, 2025
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