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Grain Of Discomfort Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is CORN which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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noun

• tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

• the dried grains or kernels or corn used as animal feed or ground for meal

• ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food

• a hard thickening of the skin (especially on the top or sides of the toes) caused by the pressure of ill-fitting shoes

• (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)

• whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn

• something sentimental or trite

verb

• feed (cattle) with corn

• preserve with large-grained rock salt

34%6 Comes in long-grain, medium-grain, and short-grain varieties
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32%11 Can be classified as either long-grain, medium-grain, or short-grain
noun

• yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population

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The Guardian Cryptic09 Jul 2001 Across 18
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