The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TAILINGS , but the solution may also be SLAG which is one of the most recent solution (1997 in New York Times).
Mining waste crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TAILINGS | 50 % | 8 |
| SLAG | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Mining waste
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- strip mining
- toxic waste
- opencast mining
- mining engineer
- strip mine
- placer mining
- waste water
- scrap metal
- miners
- iron ore
- minerals
- coal mine
Crossword Answer definitions
TAILINGS noun- The act of following someone.
- The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
- Sexual intercourse
- The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
- A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.
- The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; gangue, slimes
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