This clue appeared in the NYT Crossword on Sunday, October 26, 2025 (77 Across). The answer is hidden below until you want it. Sunday puzzles are large (21 by 21) and themed, about as hard as a Wednesday or Thursday.
Answer length: 6 squares
First letter
Y _ _ _ _ _
First and last letters
Y _ _ _ _ S
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YEASTS 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.
YEASTS has been an answer once in the NYT Crossword and Mini puzzles we have on file, which go back to October 23, 2025.
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