| METALS | Iron, copper, lead etc. |
| METAL | Iron, lead etc (5) |
| METALWORK | Objects of gold, iron, copper etc (9) |
| BASEMETAL | Copper, lead, zinc etc. (4,5) |
| DECATHLETE | Sportsman swinging the lead etc (10) |
| CUPBOARD | Copper/lead rod twisted to secure a locker |
| ZORGITE | Chemical compound of copper-lead selenide (7) |
| CUD | Copper lead ultimately is something to chew on |
| ELEMENT | Examples of this: iron, copper, nitrogen (7) |
| METALDETECTOR | Trot around with me - lead etc may be found with this (5,8) |
| FECUND | Iron, copper and no end of silica - very productive |
| ARSENIC | A toxic metalloid element; a by-product of the smelting of copper, lead, cobalt and gold ores (7) |
| BRITANNIA | What silvery alloy (___ metal) consists of tin, antimony and usually copper, lead, or zinc? (9) |
| NIELLO | In the plural, what are black mixtures of silver, copper, lead and sulphur used as an inlay on etched metal? (6) |
| ACUMEN | Shrewdness with which a copper leads fellows (6) |
| CUFF | Copper leads force, following strike |
| CUBICLE | Copper leads anger about Conservative partitioned area |
| CUTE | Attractive copper leads the Maori (4) |
| DESCALE | Remove deposits from tangled leads etc. with no end of dust (7) |
| CUADRILLA | Copper leads a training session with a Spanish team |
