As found in still, it helps to create alcohol

The answer to “As found in still, it helps to create alcohol” in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword is YEAST — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the The Times Quick Cryptic crossword on September 12, 2026, a Saturday puzzle, at 14-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.

“As found in still, it helps to create alcohol” answer

YEAST (5 letters)

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What does YEAST mean?

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

When else has “As found in still, it helps to create alcohol” appeared?

The Times Quick Cryptic 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.

September 12, 2026 (most recent) → YEAST. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

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