The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NITRE
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More clues leading to the result NITRE
- Fool about to produce gunpowder ingredient
- Preserving agent’s bulletin: it recommends contracting
- In action it resembles saltpetre
- Some exert influence over explosive constituent
- It’s among the last components of an older explosive
- Chemical surprisingly inert
- Container brought back by soldiers for gunpowder constituent
- Fool about to produce explosive component
- Chemical engineers needing some information first
- Fool around, producing explosive component
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The straight part
We know that "Salt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case salt = nitre.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NITRE mean?
NITRE noun- Native sodium carbonate; natron.
- A mineral form of potassium nitrate (saltpetre) used in making gunpowder.