Cereal killer Crossword Clue
5 letters · New York Times · Sunday, August 10, 2008 · 64-Across
Appeared in 3 New York Times Crosswords between November 1998 and August 2008.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · August 10, 2008 · 64-Across · 5 letters
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a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant; source of medicinally important alkaloids and of lysergic acid
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