Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 4 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SMUT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SMUT Fungal disease of plants, especially cereals, causing black sooty marks on leaves (4) The Times Specialist Sunday Apr 14, 2019
5% ELMS Trees affected by a fungal disease (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 29, 2025
5% ERGOT Fungal disease of cereals (5) The Times Concise May 29, 2015
4% OAT Cereal plant (3) (3) Mirror Quick Sep 6, 2025
4% RICE Cereal plant (4) (4) Mirror Quick Aug 31, 2025
4% ALOE Plant with serrated leaves (4) USA Today Aug 26, 2025
4% DEMERIT Notes deserve a black mark (7) (7) Mirror Cryptic Aug 11, 2025
4% GERMS Disease-causing microbes (5) The Times Concise Aug 9, 2025
4% SCAB Fungal disease affecting apples and pears (4) (4) The Guardian Weekend Aug 9, 2025
4% ABSTAIN Decline to vote? That's a black mark (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Aug 2, 2025

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