Strong acid, chemically
The crossword clue "Strong acid, chemically" is answered by HCL, a 3-letter entry. Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
HCL
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HCL answer page.
Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2016; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Every other clue in this collection answered by HCL, most used first.
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