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• Mined metals

  New York Times · Monday, August 24, 2026 · 4 letters

• Things assayers assay

  New York Times · Tuesday, July 21, 2026 · 4 letters

• Get a lode of these!

  New York Times · Thursday, June 25, 2026 · 4 letters

• Metals in mines

  New York Times · Monday, June 8, 2026 · 4 letters

• Sources of lead or gold

  New York Times · Sunday, May 24, 2026 · 4 letters

• Mine finds

  New York Times · Wednesday, April 1, 2026 · 4 letters

• Valuable deposits

  New York Times · Friday, February 20, 2026 · 4 letters

• Metals that miners mine

  New York Times · Monday, January 26, 2026 · 4 letters

• Bonanza discoveries

  New York Times · Sunday, November 23, 2025 · 4 letters

• Valuable Minecraft blocks

  New York Times · Tuesday, October 21, 2025 · 4 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 44-Down Beads for an athlete
• 45-Across Highly controlling?
• 46-Down Director Lee ___ Chung
• 47-Down Neighbor of an Estonian, historically
• 48-Across Like a golf course, regularly
• 49-Across Snap, crackle and pop
• 51-Across ___ Cup, tournament established in the 2020s
• 52-Across "Never been better!"
• 53-Down Wiseman who directed "Ballerina" and "Live Free or Die Hard"
• 54-Across Site of a 1956 international conflict
• 54-Down ___City
• 55-Across Animal chased by Toto in "The Wizard of Oz"