The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ELASTOMER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ELASTOMER
- Deal up to me on right stuff resuming shape
- Most of distant traffic wheels showing rubber-like substance
- Seal new book with right sort of material
- Material obtainable from ores — metal
- Always securing final order for material
- A molester fiddled with rubber, possibly
- Eat morsel that’s horrible rubbery stuff
- Metal ore’s processed to get chemical
- Metal ores possibly got this material
- Playing some later rubber
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What does ELASTOMER mean?
ELASTOMER noun- Any polymer having the elastic properties of rubber