The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ANNEALS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2015.
Toughens, as metal crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ANNEALS | 100 % | 7 |
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Crossword Answer definitions
ANNEALS noun- An act of annealing.
- To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen.
- To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress.
- To burn colors onto a glass or other surface.
- To make a double-stranded nucleic acid by pairing a single strand with a complementary strand.
- To strengthen or harden.
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