Leavening agent Crossword Clue

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Leavening agent Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a commercial leavening agent containing yeast cells; used to raise the dough in making bread and for fermenting beer or whiskey
2. any of various single-celled fungi that reproduce asexually by budding or division

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

LEAVENING (noun)
1. an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something
2. a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid
AGENT (noun)
1. the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
2. a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

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