A sugar alcohol synthesised from potato starch; classified in the system of E numbers as a humectant, and in chemistry by the formula C6H8(OH)6 (8) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SORBITOL A sugar alcohol synthesised from potato starch; classified in the system of E numbers as a humectant, and in chemistry by the formula C6H8(OH)6 (8) (8)
45% SPARK Bit of chemistry (5) USA Today Nov 6, 2025
45% RANK Classify (4) (4) Puzzler Oct 26, 2025
45% RUM Spirit from sugar cane (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 24, 2025
45% SKELETAL ___ formula, spooky-sounding "bony" term for a simplified representation of a molecule in chemistry (8)
45% ETHYL __ alcohol (5) Commuter Oct 10, 2025
45% SAGO Palm starch (4) Eugene Sheffer Sep 6, 2025
45% SECRET Classified (6) Newsday Aug 3, 2025
45% MOIST Humectant (5) The Times Concise Nov 28, 2021
45% FARINA Potato starch (6)
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