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Precious Mettle Crossword Clue

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noun

• material for starting a fire

• the courage to carry on

27%7Mettle
noun

• a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

27%5Mettle revealers
noun

• trying something to find out about it

• any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc

• a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

• the act of undergoing testing

• the act of testing something

• a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins

verb

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• test or examine for the presence of disease or infection

• examine someone's knowledge of something

• show a certain characteristic when tested

• achieve a certain score or rating on a test

• determine the presence or properties of (a substance)

• undergo a test

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New York Times20 Oct 2005 Down 29
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