| Sounds like officer is a nut (6) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            21 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Articulate army officer, in essence | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            10 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Core | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            15 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Nut. fruit stone centre (6) | 
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            | Bit of Thanksgiving decor | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Navy's presence in part of the ship forms the core (6) | 
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            | This is the heart of the matter, where nut is concerned (6) | 
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            | Edible portion of a nut | 
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            | Flesh of a nut (6) | 
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            | Corn unit | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Nut for officer, say (6) | 
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            | Centre of a nut | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            25 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Unit of corn or wisdom | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Reported commander had found something at the very centre | 
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            | A sound officer in a nutshell? (6) | 
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            | Part of a nut (6) | 
            Puzzler | 
            23 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Heard officer was a nut | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            20 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Nut | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            20 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Centre part of ship torpedoed by Royal Navy (6) | 
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            | Central part | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sounds like officer's a nut! (6) | 
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            | Seed within a hard shell (6) | 
            The Sun Mini | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | The inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone (6) | 
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            | Popcorn unit | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Essence of an idea | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Middle of a nut (6) | 
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            | That mocker, Nellie has a bit of a nut in her makeup (6) | 
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            | A bit of a nut (6) | 
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            | Seed in a hard shell (6) | 
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            | Wheat grain | 
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            | Officer picked up the gist | 
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            | Single seed | 
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            | Sounds like officer is a nut (6) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            22 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | The heart of 22 sounds rank to an army man (6) | 
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            | Heard officer's a bit of a nut! (6) | 
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            | Commanding officer sounds a bit of a nut | 
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            | Officer is said to be a nut (6) | 
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            | Hard seed | 
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            | Conker Nellie had still had casing (6) | 
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            | Inner part of a nut | 
            The Times Concise | 
            30 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | What's edible in Brazil sounds rank in the army (6) | 
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            | Essence seed | 
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            | Thing on a corncob | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Royal Navy in one part of vessel, the important part (6) | 
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            | Nuthead calls himself army officer (6) | 
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            | Core (6) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            15 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Core | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            10 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Heart (6) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            21 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Modicum, as of truth | 
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            | Core | 
            New York Times | 
            12 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Heart, from which army officer's spoken? (6) | 
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            | Bit at the bottom of a tub | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | The C.O., we hear, is a bit of a nut (6) | 
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            | Core | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            03 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | The CO sounds a bit of a nut | 
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            | Heart of nut (6) | 
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            | The heart of the matter where nut is concerned (6) | 
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            | Piece of unpopped popcorn | 
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            | Single whole grain of a cereal (6) | 
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            | Nut's centre | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | In a nutshell, it's the fruit (6) | 
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            | Centre of a nut | 
            Mirror Tea Time | 
            22 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Nut seed (6) | 
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            | Nut centre | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Corn unit | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            03 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Nut centre (6) | 
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            | Heart of military officer, say (6) | 
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            | Putting an ear to Army officer's heart (6) | 
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            | Core base of boat British fleet invaded | 
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            | Heart of a nut (6) | 
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            | Pre-popped popcorn piece | 
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            | Picked up soldier's rank meat | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            13 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Unpopped piece of popcorn | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Essential part | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            03 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bit of corn | 
            USA Today | 
            03 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ear lobe? | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bit of corn | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Popcorn bit | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ear piece? | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Bit of corn | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Corny bit? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Edible part of a nut | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            25 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Tidbit of corn | 
            Newsday | 
            17 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Bit of succotash | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Bit of succotash | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Inner part of a seed | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            02 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Softer part of nut | 
            The Times Concise | 
            08 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Officer said to exemplify heart  | 
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            | Central part | 
            Newsday | 
            06 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sailors in flat-bottomed boat showing heart  | 
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            | Inner part of a seed | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            23 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grain | 
            Canadiana | 
            01 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Report of senior officer - a bit of a nut!  | 
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            | . Sailors entering part of ship? That's the important point  | 
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            | Suggested rank edible part of a nut  | 
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            | Group of sailors cutting timber for ship's core  | 
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            | Edible part of nut | 
            The Times Concise | 
            16 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gist | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Army officer's spoken with heart | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            27 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Grain of corn | 
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            | Officer's sound heart  | 
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            | Network foundation on lough and lake, in essence | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            16 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Unit of corn | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            23 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Essence | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | For starters, Keralites extract real nimbu, excluding lemon seed  | 
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            | Report of army officer being a bit of a nut  | 
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            | Inner part of a seed, the heart of the matter | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            20 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Essential part | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pop Secret tidbit | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            09 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Essence of report of army officer  | 
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            | Part of vessel occupied by navy, in essence | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            02 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Gist army officer heard  | 
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            | Report of officer in centre of Brazil?  | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Bit of corn | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Officer reportedly shows soft heart | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            03 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Essential part | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
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            | Cob growth | 
            Universal | 
            30 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Seed of wheat | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            02 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Inner part of nut | 
            The Times Concise | 
            31 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Jiffy Pop bit | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Core vegetable going around, consumed right now for starters  | 
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            | Germ found by American carer in barge  | 
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            | Corn piece | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            05 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Niblet | 
            New York Times | 
            27 May 2018 | 
          
          
            | The central part of town mostly inhabited by sailors | 
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            | Nucleus | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Cob growth | 
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            | Jiffy Pop bit | 
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            | Niblet | 
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            | Piece of corn | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Core of the navy found in ship's bottom  | 
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            | Back end of lough and lake, in essence | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            19 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Corn seed | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Sound army officer at the centre of things  | 
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            | Centre of stabiliser split by sailors | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            09 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Ear item | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Popcorn piece | 
            Universal | 
            14 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Nuts and bolts sailors fitted in part of ship  | 
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            | Military officer, it's said, in centre  | 
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            | Core military authority announced | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            05 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Popcorn piece | 
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            | Essential part | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            29 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Part of ship in which sailors stored grain   | 
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            | Part of ship in which sailors stored grain | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            10 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Seed | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            26 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Orville Redenbacher's unit | 
            Universal | 
            20 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Sailors in part of ship, the centre  | 
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            | Sailors gathered in bottom of ship's centre  | 
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            | Part of a nut | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            24 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | Corny bit | 
            Universal | 
            23 May 2015 | 
          
          
            | In essence, reading to Pole in lower part of ship | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            27 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Corny bit | 
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            | Sailors boarding part of ship? That's it in a nutshell  | 
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            | Ear piece? | 
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            | Small nugget, as of the truth | 
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            | Piece of corn | 
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            | Unpopped popcorn | 
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            | Corn unit | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
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            | Unpopped popcorn piece | 
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            | Essence of an idea | 
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            | Corny bit? | 
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            | Unpopped corn | 
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            | Ear piece | 
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            | Essence | 
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            | Nub | 
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            | Core of a computer's operating system | 
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            | Ear component | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
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            | Wheat seed | 
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            | Wheat seed | 
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            | Central part | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
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            | Bit of truth | 
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            | Corn bit | 
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            | Gist | 
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            | Gist | 
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            | Corn bit | 
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            | Bit of truth | 
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            | Essence | 
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            | Essence | 
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            | Gist | 
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            | Part of an ear | 
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            | Corn piece | 
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            | Corn cob member | 
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            | Piece of corn | 
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            | Morsel of corn | 
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            | Unpopped popcorn | 
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            | Whole seed grain | 
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            | Corn bit | 
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            | Essence of an idea | 
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            | Corny bit | 
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            | Core | 
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            | Corny bit | 
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            | Heart | 
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            | Ear part | 
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            | Grain of corn | 
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            | Bit of corn | 
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            | Gist | 
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            | Corny bit? | 
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            | Corn unit | 
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            | Wheat component | 
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            | Bit of truth? | 
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            | Piece of an ear | 
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            | Essence | 
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            | Essence | 
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            | Corny bit? | 
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            | Fruit seed | 
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            | Seed grain | 
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            | Seed | 
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            | Corny bit | 
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            | Corny bit? | 
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            | Part of an ear | 
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            | Corny bit | 
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            | Corn unit | 
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            | Core | 
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            | Nut | 
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            | Nucleus | 
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            | Unpopped corn | 
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            | Essential part | 
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            | Gist. | 
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            | Core. | 
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            | Gist or core. | 
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            | Essence. | 
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            | Central part of anything. | 
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            | Seed of wheat. | 
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