The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word METALLIC
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result METALLIC
- Convened everyone in charge of copper, perhaps
- Quivering with ‘it’ – call me ‘brassy’ perhaps
- Irony of lake’s contribution to climate change?
- Iron-like Margaret’s opener: “Tell CIA to get lost”
- Markon shortened beat of copper?
- Encountered everyone in charge of minerals
- London police in charge, kettling everybody — that’s harsh
- Setter receiving great kick in the guts — from copper?
- Some elements on the Left added to contentious climate
- Lustrous academic ill at embassy, insiders recalled
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What does METALLIC mean?
METALLIC noun- A metallic color.
- Of, relating to or characteristic of metal.
- Made of or containing metal.
- (of a sound) Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
- (of a color) Having the appearance of being of polished metal.