Steel ingredient
The crossword clue "Steel ingredient" is answered by IRON, a 4-letter entry. Used 48 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
IRON
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRON answer page.
Used 48 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- MANGANESE (1 uses in xd)
- TITANIUM (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for IRON
Every other clue in this collection answered by IRON, most used first.
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