The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word YTTERBIUM
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More clues leading to the result YTTERBIUM
- My tribute to thrash metal
- Element of bitter rum that’s tasty to consume
- I’m buttery, meltingly soft, silvery metal
- Something on the table‘s delicious with bitter bananas inside
- An element of my tribute’s funny
- My tribute turned out to be elemental
- Greyish substance that's tasty, stuffed with bitter bananas
- Addition to table Betty Muir designed
- Element of delight expressed turns bitter within
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The straight part
We know that "elemental" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case elemental = ytterbium.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does YTTERBIUM mean?
YTTERBIUM noun- A metallic chemical element (symbol Yb) with an atomic number of 70.
- A single atom of this element.