| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SMELTED | Separated metal from ore | |
| SMELT | Extract metal from ore | |
| DRADGE | Inferior ore, separated from the better by cobbing. | |
| METAL | Ore from which a metal is derived; -- so called by miners. | |
| RECREMENT | Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore. | |
| SIZE | To sift, as pieces of ore or metal, in order to separate the finer from the coarser parts. | |
| BLAST | A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal ... | |
| CADMIUM | A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atom... | |
| MATTE | A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, an... | |