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Lead: source of metal hard to turn up Crossword Clue

Last seen in: The Telegraph Toughie · 2026-10-20

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(noun)

  1. the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
  2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
  3. (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her
  4. someone who fights for a cause
  5. (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god
  6. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
  7. Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

(noun)

  1. a facility where something is available
  2. anything that provides inspiration for later work
  3. a document (or organization) from which information is obtained
  4. a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to
  5. the place where something begins, where it springs into being
  6. anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies
  7. someone who originates or causes or initiates something
  8. a person who supplies information
  9. (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

(verb)

  1. specify the origin of
  2. get (a product) from another country or business

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  • 99% match 4 letters
    HERO

    Lead: source of metal hard to turn up (4)

    The Telegraph Toughie · Oct 20, 2026

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