Mineral used in gunpowder Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NITRE Mineral used in gunpowder (5) The Telegraph Quick Aug 23, 2016
3% ORE Metallic mineral (3) Newsday Nov 4, 2025
3% TALC Powdery mineral (4) Universal Oct 24, 2025
3% ORES Minerals (4) (4) Mirror Quick Oct 22, 2025
3% ITE Mineral suffix (3) Wall Street Journal Oct 4, 2025
3% AGATE Banded mineral (5) Universal Oct 2, 2025
3% GYPSUM Mineral used in plaster of Paris (6) Puzzler Backwords Sep 26, 2025
3% CATESBY Robert ---, ringleader of the Gunpowder Plot (7) The Times Specialist Sep 1, 2025
3% GUYFAWKES Gunpowder Plotter (9) The Telegraph Quick Aug 8, 2025
2% BASALT Rock and mineral, to a degree (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Nov 5, 2025

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