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Metal ore’s processed to get chemical (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elastomer

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'chemical' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'metal ore's processed' is the wordplay.
'processed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'metal'+'ores'='metalores'
'metalores' anagrammed gives 'ELASTOMER'.

'to get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for elastomer that I've seen before include "Rubbery substance" , "flexible material" , "rubber-like substance" , "Stretchy polymer such as rubber" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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