Excellent.

Pretty Cool Man. 7/10 - As I Missed The Wooden Connection

Cheers guys.

Thanks. That certainly tested our mettle.

Nice grid, thanks

Toast, I bet you were in your elements. Ian thanks.

Fun grid

Not bad, prefer a more diverse wall.

How is iron the most common element?

Hb39: To answer your question iron is the most common element by mass on the planet because, well, there is more of it than any other element.

True... but not the most common element in the crust (Aluminium). Or in the universe ( Hydrogen). Or in humans (Oxygen by mass, hydrogen by number). I'll get my coat.

Maybe most common metal? Or of earth's crust/core? Please cite source re: Fe is most common element. There's a mistake there somewhere.
Otherwise - GREAT GRID! :)

Here we go again!

wooden things tenuous and obscure

Good fun

I love ones like this!

Love it!

Iron isn't the most common element

Brilliant grid, thank you!

Iron is not the most common element.

What does spotty dog mean in the context of wood?

Washington's teeth weren't made of wood. They were made of the teeth of dead soldiers and slaves' teeth, according to Ron Chernow's "Washington: A Life".

Enjoyed that

U bone
Spotty Dig was a character in the 1950s and 60s schikdren’s programme, The Woodentops
You need to be a certain age!

did there really need to be two lone ranger references? surely another silver pun exists oh wizened puzzlemaster

did there really need to be two lone ranger references? surely another silver pun exists oh wizened puzzlemaster

Neat!

Too contrived and not to my taste. And if GW's teeth were not wooden, then the clue doesn't work.

That was bonkers but I couldn't help like it!

This one was very fun to figure out!

Best one of these I’ve done. Well done!

I'm not sure how iron is "our most common element"

Loved it. Knew it quickly but struggled on my complete lack of knowledge of knowing Argentum and Atomic Number 50....

Completely discounted iron as the answer to "our most common element". Got annoyed and looked it up, and iron is more abundant on earth than any other element (with H and He making up 98% of the matter in the universe I hadn't considered it particularly abundant)

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Great little grid! Some of the references were impossible for me though, spotty dog and wheelchair detective. And "The Real Tonto" was maybe a little too niche. Great overall :)

Nice themed grid. Thanks. George Washington’s teeth were wooden by legend even if it’s doubtful, but is there space to add the word legendary or allegedly?

Bit too obscure!

Nice wall, not too difficult once you got the theme. I liked the spotty dog clue, being British and because of my age......

Nice grid, despite the criticisms. Thanks.

A bit British-centric but I enjoyed this one, up the Irons.

Great Puzzgrid!
Mind if I save it?
I really like this puzzgrid.

love this grid

Me and my friends loved it!

No, Iron is not our most common element - only 5%. Oxygen Silicon etc are way more, followed by Aluminium. If it said second most common metal it would be correct. Blot on an otherwise good grid.