Corrosive chemicals
The crossword clue "Corrosive chemicals" is answered by ACIDS, a 5-letter entry. Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ACIDS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ACIDS answer page.
Used 16 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2008. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for ACIDS
Every other clue in this collection answered by ACIDS, most used first.
- Litmus reddeners - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Lab liquids - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Corrosive liquids - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- They turn litmus paper red - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
- Corrosive compounds - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Corrosive substances - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Low-pH substances - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Etching fluids - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- Sour substances - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
- Etchers' fluids - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Low-pH compounds - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
- Low-pH liquids - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Some are fatty - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
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