The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ALUM which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 1998.
Pickling ingredient crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ALUM | 50 % | 4 |
| SALT | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Pickling ingredient
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- salt
- tarragon
- alum
- brine
- beet
- cuke
- dill
- mango
- cure
- marinade
- pickle
- button
Crossword Answer definitions
ALUM noun- An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O).
- Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations.
- To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum.
- (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution.
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More clues leading to the result ALUM
- Fund-drive contact, perhaps
- Grad
- Graduate, for short
- Reunion attendee
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- University grad
- Astringent
- Reunion member
- Styptic agent
- Homecoming attendee