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Sooty flake (4) Crossword Clue

Last seen in: The Guardian Quick · 2026-10-27

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(noun)

  1. creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
  2. an offensive or indecent word or phrase
  3. any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
  4. destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
  5. a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

(verb)

  1. affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn
  2. become affected with smut
  3. stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
  4. make obscene

(adjective satellite)

  1. of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
  2. covered with or as if with soot

1 Potential Answers:

  • 99% match 4 letters
    SMUT

    Sooty flake (4) (4)

    The Guardian Quick · Oct 27, 2026

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