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Abrasive powder (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emery

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">abrasive powder</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for emery that I've seen before include "Hard black-grey mineral used in grinding and polishing" , "Coating on paper used as an abrasive" , "Abrasive form of corundum" , "Abrasive material" , "Hard, grey-black mineral used as 11 down" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday, the Universal, the King Feature Syndicate and The Times.
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