The first commercially made acrylic fibre, often used instead of wool Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue The first commercially made acrylic fibre, often used instead of wool last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 5 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is ORLON.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% ORLON The first commercially made acrylic fibre, often used instead of wool (5) The Times Specialist Sunday Feb 2, 2025
5% ACRYLIC Man-made fibre used in knitted goods (7) (7) Puzzler Dec 12, 2025
5% NYLON Man-made fibre (5) The Telegraph Quick Sep 22, 2025
4% JUTE Fibre used in making burlap sacks (4) (4) The Guardian Weekend Dec 13, 2025
4% CURARE Metallic element not often used as poison (6) The Times Cryptic Dec 11, 2025
4% TOILET OUT OF ORDER! USE SECOND-FLOOR BATHROOM INSTEAD! (6) New York Times Dec 10, 2025
4% WOOL Soft animal fibre (4) The Times Concise Dec 10, 2025
4% ADS Commercials (3) USA Today Dec 9, 2025
4% STRAND Fibre (6) (6) Mirror Quick Dec 9, 2025
4% SISAL Rope fibre (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 8, 2025

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