Brass or pewter
The crossword clue "Brass or pewter" is answered by ALLOY, a 5-letter entry. Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
ALLOY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLOY answer page.
Used 15 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1951. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALLOY
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALLOY, most used first.
- Metallic mixture - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal mixture - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Brass or bronze - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Bronze or brass - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Brass, for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Blend of metals - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Mixture of metals - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Mixed metal - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Pewter, for one - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- Pewter or brass - used 8 times, most recently in 2012
- Brass, e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Metal mix - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Mix of metals - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Big brass - TUBAS, used 42 times
- Brass band members - TUBAS, used 14 times
- Large brass instruments - TUBAS, used 14 times
- Mythical man of brass - TALOS, used 14 times
- Brass instruments - HORNS, used 10 times
- Army brass? - BUGLE, used 9 times
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