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% ERGOT Fungal disease of cereals; e.g. rot (anag.) (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 27, 2026
5% LEAFSPOT Fungal disease of petals is destructive (4,4) (8) Puzzler Cryptic Dec 26, 2025
5% RYE Cereal plant (3) The Telegraph Quick Nov 27, 2025
5% SCORCH Leave a black mark on, say (6) LA Times Daily Oct 18, 2025
4% TRUSTEE Administrator's support tackling fungal disease (7) (7) The Sun Two Speed Jan 31, 2026
4% CITV Sooty broadcaster (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 25, 2026
4% STET Proofreading mark meaning "leave as is" (4) The Telegraph Mini Jan 23, 2026
4% STAINS Leaves a mark, maybe (6) The Atlantic Jan 22, 2026
4% COCA Plant with psychoactive leaves (4) New York Times Jan 17, 2026

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