Damaged layer

The answer

OZONE

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OZONE answer page.

Used 9 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2015; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OZONE

Every other clue in this collection answered by OZONE, most used first.

• Atmospheric layer - used 45 times, most recently in 2026
• Form of oxygen - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Fresh air - used 28 times, most recently in 2022
• Endangered layer - used 22 times, most recently in 2020
• UV stopper - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Layer with a hole - used 15 times, most recently in 2021
• Ultraviolet filter - used 12 times, most recently in 2021
• Upper atmosphere layer - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Depleted atmospheric layer - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Ultraviolet blocker - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Kind of layer - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• O3 - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• Protective layer - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Pure air - used 9 times, most recently in 2011
• Ultraviolet ray absorber - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Upper atmospheric layer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Atmosphere layer - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ layer - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Pale blue gas - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Fragile atmosphere layer - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Lightning byproduct - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Thinning layer - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Blue gas. - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Endangered atmospheric layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Gas in the stratosphere - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Important layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Layer with a hole in it - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Refreshing air - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Stratospheric layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Thinning atmospheric layer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Thunderstorm by-product - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Thunderstorm product - used 6 times, most recently in 2016

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.

• Skin layer - DERMA, used 58 times
• Rich layer cake - TORTE, used 15 times
• Layer of skin - DERMA, used 14 times
• Layer of bricks - MASON, used 11 times
• Golden-egg layer - GOOSE, used 10 times
• Floor layer - TILER, used 9 times

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