Mother's swallowed phosphorus, getting a disease (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MUMPS Mother's swallowed phosphorus, getting a disease (5) (5) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 6, 2025
69% ERGOT Cereal disease; or get (anag.) (5) The Telegraph Mini Sep 11, 2025
66% ATE Swallowed (3) LA Times Daily Aug 31, 2025
63% LAW Mother-in-___ (spouse's mother) (3)
63% TYPHUS Infectious disease (6) Puzzler Backwords Sep 11, 2025
63% GELCAP It's easy to swallow (6) Wall Street Journal Aug 30, 2025
63% PUREE It's not hard to swallow (5) Newsday Aug 23, 2025
63% LURGY Disease (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 9, 2025
60% ANTIGEN Somehow get Nina something to fight disease (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Jul 8, 2025
60% DISTEMPER Disease of animals (9)

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