Yellow-brown pigment used in ancient cave paintings (5) Crossword Clue

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% OCHRE Yellow-brown pigment used in ancient cave paintings (5) (5)
7% OCHER Pigment used in cave paintings (5)
6% CAMEL Light yellow brown (5) Wall Street Journal Oct 9, 2025
6% SIENNA Yellow-brown pigment (6) The Guardian Quick Feb 8, 2022
6% UMBER Yellow-brown pigment (5) The Times Concise Sep 4, 2020
5% TROLL Cave dwarf (5) Premier Sunday Oct 26, 2025
5% COBALT Blue pigment (6) Puzzler Backwords Oct 16, 2025
5% SCHOOLBUS Yellow US vehicle for students (6,3) (9) Puzzler Oct 16, 2025
5% GROTTO Cave (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 14, 2025
5% BEWARE "Cave!" (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 2, 2025
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