The Clue
Anthracite, e.g. (4 letter answer)
The Answer
COAL
Tags
Notes
The answer COAL is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Anthracite
___-black
Cannel
Ember
Fuel
Black shade
Cannel or cob
Cannel, e.g.
Energy source
Fossil fuel
Fuel from a mine
Furnace fodder
Hot ember
Locomotive fuel
Newcastle's pride
Newcastle's surfeit
Scuttle contents
Scuttle filler
Scuttle load
Seamy stuff?
Shade of black
One source of energy
Symbol of blackness
W.Va. product
Big Utah export
Brat's stocking stuffer
Fuel that's shoveled
Mineral that was vegetable
Unwelcome stocking stuffer
W. Va. product
West Virginia resource
Either of Frosty the Snowman's eyes
Item not needed in Newcastle
It's taken out at the seams
Naughty child's Christmas gift
U.S.'s most abundant energy source
Definition
COAL as a noun:
1. fossil fuel consisting of carbonized vegetable matter deposited in the Carboniferous period
2. (ember, coal) = a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering
COAL as a verb:
1. (char, coal) = burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything"
2. supply with coal
3. take in coal; "The big ship coaled"