Metal's tasty on the outside, surprisingly bitter in the middle (9) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% YTTERBIUM Metal's tasty on the outside, surprisingly bitter in the middle (9) (9)
66% YUM "Tasty!" (3)
63% SAPOR Tastiness (5) Newsday Aug 29, 2025
63% SAPID Tasty (5) Newsday Aug 17, 2025
60% ACRID Bitter (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2025
60% ACID Bitter (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 9, 2025
60% SPRY Surprisingly nimble (4) Newsday Sep 4, 2025
60% MMM "Tasty!" (3) Eugene Sheffer Jul 15, 2025
57% YEMENI Middle East currency I put outside for Arab (6) The Telegraph Cryptic Oct 15, 2025
57% ALE Bitter ___ (brew) (3)
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