Jelly ingredient
The crossword clue "Jelly ingredient" is answered by PECTIN, a 6-letter entry. Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PECTIN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PECTIN answer page.
Used 11 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 1944. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for PECTIN
Every other clue in this collection answered by PECTIN, most used first.
- Jelly thickener - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- It makes jelly jell - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
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- Soap ingredient - POTASH, used 16 times
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