Smelter's material Crossword Clue

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IRONORE

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Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined
2. a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

SMELTER (noun)
1. an industrial plant for smelting
MATERIAL (noun)
1. artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
2. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
MATERIAL (adjective)
1. having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary
2. having material or physical form or substance

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

IRONORE
(7 letters)

Hint 4: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
ROE

More NYT Crossword (3/30/2026) Answers

Across

1. Print, Copy, ___, Fax (printer selections)

5. Former Giants QB Manning

8. Element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie

14. Sparkling wine of Italy, familiarly

15. Odd ___ out (misfit)

16. "In spite of all that ... "

17. Endless TikTok scrolling or Tetris playing, e.g.

19. Rented

20. Wastebasket, jokingly

22. Only U.S. president from Delaware

25. "Grand" production

26. ___ Plaines, Ill.

28. Popular sushi fish

30. Like the Mariana Trench among all the world's underwater places

33. Guy who goes a-courting

35. "You've ___ this!"

37. Rodeo rope

38. Illegal distribution of narcotics

42. Whimpers

44. Right-angled shape

45. Corner piece on a chessboard

48. Top placement in a bracket, for a March Madness team

51. Caustic paint stripper

53. Be in arrears

54. Onetime AT&T competitor

55. Tiny amount

57. Answer

59. Where to pick up luggage at an airport

63. Regrettably unfortunate

64. Went into reverse ... or what the ends of 17-, 20-, 38- and 59-Across might be

68. Word after Irish or jet

69. Longtime record label or Beastie Boy

70. Valentine's Day flower

71. Size up

72. Glide down a slope

73. ___ of the Horse (2026 in the Chinese zodiac)

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Down

1. Stayed on the bench

2. Long-running CBS procedural with spinoffs

3. Fixture at a "cash only" establishment

4. Nephew's sister

5. Dubai dignitary

6. Round Table knight who betrayed King Arthur

7. Cover with tattoos, colloquially

8. Equip with new shoestrings

9. State with certainty

10. Like many users of sign language

11. News exclusive from someone in the know

12. Of no help

13. California city with a humble-sounding name

18. Basic trig ratio

21. Box top

22. Go up and down in the water

23. Livid feeling

24. Major drags on a team's progress, metaphorically

29. Item in an Easter hunt

31. Sprite

32. Team of two

34. Internet addresses, for short

36. Uno + due

39. Take advantage of

40. Like the original Broadway cast of "The Wiz"

41. Travel by air

42. Kenya's second-largest city

43. Boxes up securely

46. Wise bird

47. F sharp major, for one

49. Lawn-neatening tools

50. Rap's Dr. ___

52. Actor Estrada of CHiPs

56. Warhead weapons, for short

58. Manicurist's board

60. Bit of boarding pass info

61. Iowa college town

62. "Superfood" berry

65. Stag's mate

66. Team for Olympians Simone Biles and Mikaela Shiffrin

67. ___ capita

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