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Metallic element (8)

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'metallic element' is the definition.
(I know that tungsten is a type of metallic element)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for tungsten that I've seen before include "Greyish-white metal used in lamp filaments" , "Light-filament element" , "Hard metal used in steels" , "Wolfram" , "Hard metal used in lamps etc" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard, The Times, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Sun and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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