The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MALT which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 1996.
Ale crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MALT | 57 % | 4 |
| BREW | 29 % | 4 |
| HALT | 14 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Ale
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- lager
- brew
- beer
- rum
- pint
- malt
- keg
- blond
- blonde
- ginger
- taster
- soda
Crossword Answer definitions
MALT noun- Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.
- Malt liquor, especially malt whisky.
- A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavor.
- Maltose-rich sugar derived from malted grain.
- To convert a cereal grain into malt by causing it to sprout (by soaking in water) and then halting germination (by drying with hot air) in order to develop enzymes that can break down starches and proteins in the grain.
- To become malt.
- To drink malt liquor.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MALT
- Brewer's essential
- Brewing requirement
- Fountain favorite
- Soda fountain delight
- Hops : IPA :: ___ : stout
- ___ liquor
- Beer ingredient
- Germinated barley
- What the rat ate
- Soda fountain order
More clues leading to the result BREW
- Make tea
- Prepare tea
- Make beer
- Batch of homemade beer
- Pub concoction
- Make your own beer
- Pub quaff
- Steep, boil, and ferment
- Cauldron concoction
- "Strange ___" (Bob and Doug McKenzie comedy)