Refinery waste Crossword Clue

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Refinery waste Crossword Answer

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SLAG

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(noun)
1. the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
2. worthless or dangerous material that should be removed

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

REFINERY (noun)
1. an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance
WASTE (verb)
1. cause to grow thin or weak
2. run off as waste
WASTE (adjective)
1. located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
WASTE (noun)
1. an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
2. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SLAG
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More WSJ Crossword (11/4/2025) Answers

Across

1. Classic Milton Bradley’s put-your-cards-in-order brand

6. Wintry weather

11. Camera inits.

14. Rose garden pest

15. Character looked for in kids’ books

16. ___ mater (brain membrane)

17. Foreboding

19. Tennis redo

20. Difficult predicament

21. Photograph, for example

23. Make a pulp out of

25. *Religious group from whom the Amish split

28. 1973 hit for the Rolling Stones

30. Gymnast Korbut

31. Food label abbr.

32. Daisy family flowers

36. “Impaired Driving Ends Here” org.

40. *Iconic display?

43. Layered cookie

44. Designer Giorgio

45. The only even prime number

46. Commotion

48. Fireplace remnants

50. *It may be marked for further study at the end of a meeting

56. Wriggly swimmers

57. Church members

58. One of the red suits

60. Night before

61. “Hurry up!” (or a slogan for the starred answers)

66. Canada’s smallest prov.

67. Manipulative folks

68. Crystal-lined stone

69. Sister channel of QVC

70. Mary Poppins, e.g

71. Leaflike flower part

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1. Cardi B’s field

2. Busy mo. for CPAs

3. One may include a lot of checks

4. Korean spicy pickled cabbage dish

5. Burnt toast feature

6. Filch

7. Grow dark

8. Yale student

9. Tokyo's former name

10. Goal of some gym workouts

11. Dropped-egg sound

12. Feudal superior

13. Parking garage posting

18. “Apocalypse Now” setting, familiarly

22. City with Little Havana and Coconut Grove

23. Politico Rubio

24. Conjunction with a slash

26. “___ Rae” (Sally Field film)

27. Kaitlin of “High Potential”

29. Water, in Paris

33. Challenge for a dry cleaner

34. Country singer Gibbs

35. Hesitant response

37. In for repairs

38. Wooden rod

41. Hypothesize

42. Vardalos of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"

47. Controversial plaything

49. Sofa's kin

50. First Hebrew letter

51. Spots for spelunkers

52. Movie-promoting product

53. Rose garden hazard

54. Really little

55. Gaping mouth

59. Equips

62. "That," in Madrid

63. Decimal base

64. Civil rights leader ___ B. Wells

65. Business card abbr.

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