Pioneers of freeze-drying food

The answer to “Pioneers of freeze-drying food” in the New York Times crossword is INCAS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on January 26, 2025, a Sunday puzzle, at 5-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Pioneers of freeze-drying food” answer

INCAS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is INCAS

INCAS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Pioneers of freeze-drying food" in the NYT Crossword crossword on January 26, 2025 (5-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does INCAS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of INCAS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

When else has “Pioneers of freeze-drying food” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

January 26, 2025 (most recent) → INCAS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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