What an alchemist sought to turn to gold (4,5) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue What an alchemist sought to turn to gold (4,5) featured in Guardian Quick puzzle on April 7, 2026. 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 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is BASEMETAL.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% BASEMETAL What an alchemist sought to turn to gold (4,5) (9) The Guardian Quick Apr 7, 2026
6% RAN Sought office (3) LA Times Daily Mar 15, 2026
6% LEAD What alchemists try to turn into gold (4)
6% ELIXIR Priest turned farceur sought by alchemist (6)
5% MEDAL Gold __ flour (5) LA Times Daily Apr 5, 2026
5% ORE Source of gold (3)
5% POWEREDUP Turned on (9) The New Yorker Mini Mar 26, 2026
5% ALL "___ that glitters is not gold" (3)
5% PLATE Gold __ (5) LA Times Daily Mar 21, 2026
5% NUGGET Lump of gold (6) The Times Concise Mar 16, 2026

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