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Volatile Liquid Essential To Elizabethan Alehouses Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is ETHANAL which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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199%7Exact Match!
240%9 Grimy alehouses
340%9Alehouses with cozy atmospheres

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We think the answer is "ETHANAL" which means:

    noun
  • • A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs

An example sentence would be:

  • • "Exposure to ethanal in high concentrations can be harmful to human health."
  • • "The production of ethanal involves the oxidation of ethanol."

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