Saltpetre is awfully inert (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% NITRE Saltpetre is awfully inert (5) (5)
6% NEON Inert gas (4) The Times Concise Mar 26, 2026
6% ARGON Inert gas (5) Puzzler Backwords Mar 14, 2026
5% SATIRICAL Like Swift, awfully racialist (9) (9) The Guardian Cryptic Apr 3, 2026
5% TENERIFE Island - inert fee (anag.) (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Mar 18, 2026
5% BLISTER Bristle, awfully sore (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Jan 28, 2026
4% NIECES Relatives have awfully nice points (6) (6) Mirror Cryptic Apr 4, 2026
4% YOGHURT Awfully rough time backing variable dairy product (7) The Telegraph Toughie Mar 25, 2026
4% IRIDIUM Very hard inert element; symbol Ir (7) (7) Mirror Quiz Mar 8, 2026
4% ROSARY Awfully sorry to have pocketed a chaplet (6) (6) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 3, 2026
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