| METAL | Silver or copper |
| WIRE | In gold, silver or copper, this is used to secure dubbing to the shank of a hook (4) |
| TUB | Boat for training novice rowers; container for ice cream; or, an old vat or copper for washing clothes and linen with a dolly or posser (3) |
| VERDIGRIS | From "green of Greece", a bluish-green patina or aerugo that forms on brass, bronze or copper; a pigment of cupric acetate; or, the colour (9) |
| NIELLO | Black compound of sulphur with silver, lead or copper used to fill engraved designs in metal (6) |
| ERUGO | An old word for the blueish-green cupric acetate, patina or verdigris that forms on brass, bronze or copper (5) |
| PATINA | Word, from "dish", in allusion to the green film that appears on old cupric plates, for a virid tarnish or verdigris that forms on brass, bronze or copper, as a result of weathering (6) |
| ORE | Zinc or copper |
| CONDUCTOR | Wood or copper, for instance? (9) |
| BEECH | Tree (with green or copper leaves) (5) |
| ASSES | Ancient Roman bronze or copper coins (5) |
| COIN | Nickel or copper |
| METALLIC | Like steel or copper, eg (8) |
| MINE | Coal or copper source |
| IUD | It might be hormonal or copper (abbr.) |
| BLUEBOTTLE | Colour associated with steel, brass or copper? (10) |
| PEWTER | This alloy is 90% tin with small quantities of lead or copper. (6) |
| SACKFUL | Measured amount in large bag, or copper flask, maybe |
| PETAL | Delicate flower part - Iron or copper, eg (5) |
| ASCOTGOLDCUP | Books or copper pennies to follow as Charlie's prize |
