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Plant Affliction Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SMUT which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
220%5 Skin affliction that can cause scarring
320%9 Misery and affliction

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "SMUT" which means:

    noun
  • • A black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
  • • Destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
  • • Any fungus of the order ustilaginales
  • • An offensive or indecent word or phrase
  • • Creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
  • verb
  • • Make obscene
  • • Stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
  • • Become affected with smut
  • • Affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn

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New York Times06 Nov 1988 Across 81
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