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One working, as yet, in wine-making (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yeast

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'one working as yet in wine-making' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'one working as yet' is the wordplay.
'one working' is an anagram indicator.
'as'+'yet'='asyet'
'asyet' is an anagram of 'YEAST'.

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(Other definitions for yeast that I've seen before include "Leavening agent in bread-making" , "Beer froth agent" , "Fungus used in fermenting" , "As yet (anag)" , "Fungus used in brewing and baking" .)

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