Abrasive stuff Crossword Clue

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Abrasive stuff Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a hard grey-black mineral consisting of corundum and either hematite or magnetite; used as an abrasive (especially as a coating on paper)

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

ABRASIVE (adjective)
1. causing abrasion
2. sharply disagreeable; rigorous
ABRASIVE (noun)
1. a substance that abrades or wears down
STUFF (noun)
1. informal terms for personal possessions
2. senseless talk
STUFF (verb)
1. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
2. fill with a stuffing while cooking

More WSJ Crossword (5/22/2026) Answers

Across

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6. “I ___ little silhouetto...” (Queen lyric)

10. Knight's counterpart

14. Decorative fabric

15. Item left at a job interview

16. "One" on ones

17. Do a detective’s job, maybe

19. High-protein dish

20. Prior to, poshly

21. Burns into historical records

22. Feverish state

24. Possible future employee

26. Turn the game back on

31. 1973 Spanish-language hit

33. Hiss for attention

34. “Hold On Tight” band

35. “True dat”

37. Use your incisors on

38. Start of the breeding process

42. Black-and-white drivers

43. Literary Huxley

44. Italian count’s start

45. Lotion component, often

47. Gall

51. White House feature

54. Stadium dismantled in 2009

55. ___ up (got ready to drive)

56. Hamm of soccer

58. ___ feed (blog feature)

59. One not to be trusted

61. “The cat ate my homework,” e.g.

65. Wine choice

66. Constantly

67. It’s often made with cardamom

68. “Loving this roller coaster!”

69. Tyne with six Emmys

70. Pianist John

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1. USA’s “Sunshine City”

2. Not as well-off

3. “I’m a perfect example of that!”

4. Microbrewery output

5. Wood used for sitars

6. Muffin alternative

7. Seine fill

8. Southwest suffix

9. Uncle Fester’s surname

10. Next to bat

11. Hollywood resident, say

12. Coffee bar container

13. Middle of summer?

18. Episodes already broadcast

23. Understand intuitively

25. Jr. year exams

27. Made a kitchen mistake

28. Yucatan 'you'

29. Rickman of “Die Hard”

30. “Gadzooks!”

32. It’s often broken during a football game

36. “Coffee, ___ Me?” (1967 book)

37. Main points

38. Not stereo

39. Opposite of a convert

40. Singer Francis

41. Mon. follower

42. Mongrel

45. Avoid death

46. Served the stew

48. Propulsion result

49. To a smaller degree

50. Access gradually

52. Causing shivers

57. Holder of wheels

59. Court concern

60. esque

62. Director DuVernay

63. Funny Brooks

64. ___ Poly Pomona (L.A. school)

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