NOUN: "a yellowish surface froth or sediment that...promotes alcoholic fermentation" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a yellowish surface froth or sediment that...promotes alcoholic fermentation" 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

FERMENTATION (noun)
1. a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol
2. a state of agitation or turbulent change or development
ALCOHOLIC (noun)
1. a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually
ALCOHOLIC (adjective)
1. addicted to alcohol
2. characteristic of or containing alcohol

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