Leavening Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 10, 2023

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	noun • a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey • any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division
	90%	12		Process used to convert sugar to alcohol
	noun • a state of agitation or turbulent change or development • a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
	90%	10		Process of converting sugar into alcohol, done by yeast
	noun • a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol

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Source	#Number	Answer
New York Times06 Aug 1993	Across 70
New York Times28 May 1987	Down 53
New York Times24 Jan 1987	Down 31
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