| CRUCIBLE | Pot in which metals are melted (8) |
| FORGE | A workshop in which metals are melted or refined (5) |
| SMELTER | A place where ores are melted |
| PETANQUE | A game popular in France in which metal balls are thrown to land near a target ball (8) |
| ANVILS | What are heavy steel blocks on which metals are hammered (6) |
| ANVIL | Blacksmith's heavy iron block on which metals are shaped (5) |
| BILLYCAN | A tin/pot in which to boil water, cook or make tea over a campfire (5-3) |
| TUNGSTEN | Which metal has the highest melting point? (8) |
| FOUNDRY | Place in which metal castings are produced (7) |
| CELESTA | Keyboard instrument in which metal plates are struck by felted hammers to create an ethereal tinkling sound (7) |
| ACUPUNCTURE | Component of traditional Chinese medicine in which metal needles are inserted into the skin (11) |
| LEADMINE | I hold the front place from which metal is taken (4,4) |
| INGOT | From "pour", word for a mould in which metal was cast originally, later the block of gold/silver so shaped (5) |
| HIBACHI | Large earthenware pot in which charcoal is burnt used in Japan to provide indoor heating |
| CHURN | Check pot in which butter's made |
| SKILLET | Cooking pot in which to place pheasant, say (7) |
| BASE | ___ metals are the opposite of precious metals. (4) |
| ORE | Material from which reactive metals are extracted during electrolysis |
| TAGINE | Moroccan stew with various spices, apricots/prunes and almonds, or the clay pot in which it is slow-cooked (6) |
| DIXIE | Name a large metal pot in which stew, tea, etc, is made (5) |
