Dietetically valuable acid: you need nearly 20 — one in earlier years — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 8–letter crossword clue “Dietetically valuable acid: you need nearly 20 — one in earlier years”? This page covers its appearance in Guardian Cryptic on 27th Oct 2010. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Dietetically valuable acid: you need nearly 20 — one in earlier years” is ASCORBIC (8 letters).
We last saw “Dietetically valuable acid: you need nearly 20 — one in earlier years” in Guardian Cryptic on 27th Oct 2010.
The 8-letter answer for “Dietetically valuable acid: you need nearly 20 — one in earlier years” is ASCORBIC.
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