The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word EPOXY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result EPOXY
- European introducing lousy sort of resin
- Resin you once put back to inhibit disease
- Stick pants on Elizabeth’s head
- Perverse old you, catching a viral disease which is connected with resin
- Strong resin in depot’s stripped axes
- Sticky substance spotted after unbridled sex
- Poe repaired axes with adhesive, perhaps
- Gum taken from engineer at post office by unknown followers
- Chemical Poe mixed with unknown ingredients
- Essentially cheap, lousy type of resin
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What does EPOXY mean?
EPOXY noun- A thermosetting polyepoxide resin used chiefly in strong adhesives, coatings and laminates; epoxy resin.
- To glue with epoxy.
- Derived from an epoxide.