Hi Mihir! Thanks for the feedback : ) "To prove something" is the (admittedly rather dubious) definition. 'Proving' is a step in the bread-baking process where you let the bread rise a bit before baking it. Yeast is key in the proving process so you could say yeast is for proving bread. Hope that's not too tenuous!
merlinnimue 🤓12:40 · over 1 year ago
I may be mistaken, but I thought the correct verb is "to proof" not "to prove" - more importantly, I believe there is a mismatch where the entry is a noun but the clue is a verb, maybe [...something that needs proof] works better? Idk
The bread-rising verb is 'to prove' ('to proof' means to proofread or to apply a something-proof treatment to e.g. timber). I'll tweak the clue to avoid the verb-noun mismatch. Thanks again for the feedback!!
merlinnimue 🤓12:40 · over 1 year ago
Sorry for butting in, I did initially search "to prove yeast" and every hit came back "to proof yeast"... I had to do a deep dive on english.stackexchange to get properly educated, as my us-based schooling failed me (and I it)... sorry for all the inconvenience
Not at all! So in US English, it's 'to proof' and in UK English it's to 'prove'. I didn't know that. Also, I discovered there are two processes 'pro(v/of)ing dough', which means letting it rise a bit, and 'proofing yeast', which means making sure it's alive, and might only be a US thing and only ever spelt 'proof' – kind of like a proof of life! lol
El Gordo 42 19:39 · over 1 year ago
Another high-quality offering! It was accessible enough to be fun.
26A had me guessing; they don't make shirts, so I was not familiar at all.