Rare earth element, a component of CRT and LED phosphors (7)
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I believe the answer is:
yttrium
(Other definitions for yttrium that I've seen before include "Metallic element, symbol Y" , "12 [ELEMENT]" , "Table item" , "Rare earth element" , "Chemical element; um, try it (anag.)" .)