This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Saturday, October 24, 2026 (23 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Saturday puzzles are the hardest of the week and themeless, so clues are often deliberately misleading.
Answer length: 5 squares
First letter
Y _ _ _ _
First and last letters
Y _ _ _ T
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YEAST as a word: An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines; A single-celled fungus of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
YEAST has been an answer 3 times in the NYT Crossword and Mini since January 18, 2026.
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