Like a tin-opener used during a meal(5 letters)

Below is the answer to the crossword clue “Like a tin-opener used during a meal”, taken from the Evening Standard's Cryptic crossword on 25th June 2025.

The answer is

M E T A L

5 letters · most recently seen on 25th June 2025

Other clues that solve to METAL

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#12 across Alloy (5) 5th July 2026
#25 down Iron (5) 20th June 2026
#28 down It's typically hard when there's only bad meat left (5) 9th June 2026
#16 down Iron (5) 23rd May 2026
#27 across Iron (5) 4th May 2026
#15 down Iron (5) 2nd April 2026
#28 down Iron (5) 26th February 2026
#18 down Possibly iron tin opener used during dinner (5) 4th February 2026
#25 down Iron, for example (5) 15th January 2026
#1 down Iron, for example (5) 1st January 2026
#21 across Alloy (5) 6th November 2025
#13 down Iron, for example (5) 28th October 2025
#4 down Not finished during a meal, it may well be hard (5) 9th October 2025
#37 across The mettle, we hear, of a man of iron? (5) 6th October 2025
#21 across Iron, for example (5) 30th September 2025
#15 down Alloy (5) 17th September 2025
#37 across Element (5) 20th July 2025
#21 across Iron, say (5) 9th July 2025
#30 down Like a tin-opener used during a meal (5) 25th June 2025
#12 down Iron, say (5) 16th June 2025
#37 across Iron, say (5) 29th May 2025
#15 down Element (5) 8th May 2025
#4 down Iron, say (5) 29th April 2025
#26 across Iron, say (5) 16th January 2025
#16 across Iron, for example (5) 3rd September 2024
#12 across Copper maybe making a name with the police (5) 19th August 2024
#12 down Iron, say (5) 12th June 2024
#12 down Iron, say (5) 28th May 2024
#28 down Iron, say (5) 20th March 2024
#10 across Iron, say (5) 18th January 2024
#4 down Iron, say (5) 13th December 2023
#30 down Iron, say (5) 2nd October 2023
#2 down For a learner joining the police, it's apt to be hard (5) 28th September 2023
#26 down Iron, say (5) 20th July 2023
#26 across For many on late turn, it can be heavy (5) 15th May 2023
#32 down Element (5) 25th April 2023
#15 across It makes me talk endlessly - usually a hard thing (5) 20th April 2023
#10 across Joined Mr Gore for a mineral (5) 16th March 2023
#15 down Iron (5) 24th January 2023
#37 across Possibly stainless tin opener used during a meal (5) 23rd January 2023

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Other clues from the same Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on 25th June 2025. Tap Reveal to see an answer, or click the clue to open its own page.

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#2 down He starts winning money with Fred (7)
#3 across Get away with wrecking cars a lot (5)
#4 down Very short dog with a trouble-free tail! (4)
#5 down You can count on it being a frame (6)
#6 down Like me and Mr Lynam, they made history (5)
#7 down Balance one in position (5)
#8 across Start a wild binge (5)
#9 down A little treasure is good for them (3)
#10 across Twigs handled in the garden (5)
#11 across Derek from Adelaide (3)