TEST YOUR METAL
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick

Example: Morose metal
Answer: Downcast iron

1. Irritable metal
2. Extremely cold metal
3. Rotating metal
4. Acoustic metal
5. Distressed metal

HINTS:
1. Steel
2. Gold
3. Brass
4. Nickel
5. Iron

Answers:

1. Bad-tempered steel
2. Frozen solid gold
3. Spinning top brass
4. Unplugged nickel
5. Overwrought iron