| FLOURMOTH | Common name for the Mediterranean Ephestia kuehniella, a pest species of cereal grains and other stored foods (5,4) |
| JARS | Glass vessels in which to store jam, pasta, flour, grains and other pantry staples (4) |
| LOCUST | Pest species of grasshopper |
| CARRION | _ crow, pest species (7) |
| MASH | A brewer's mixture of crushed malt grains and hot water; a warm porridgelike bran feed for horses; a champ-like puree of butter, milk and potatoes; any other soft pulpy concoction; or, northern dialec |
| MARE | ___ nostrum ("our sea," the Romans' name for the Mediterranean) |
| BARBARYCOAST | Historic name for the Mediterranean coastline of North Africa (7,5) |
| BRAN | Broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains (4) |
| MARENOSTRUM | Roman name for the Mediterranean |
| OYSTERPLANT | Another name for the Mediterranean plant salsify (6,5) |
| OATY | Having a lot of cereal grains |
| WHISKEY | Spirit distilled from a mash of cereal grains (7) |
| CHAFF | Dry husks of cereal grains separated out by threshing or winnowing, sometimes used as livestock fodder (5) |
| PPAR | A satire on the British news media, Tom Sto___d's 1978 play, titled Night and Day starred Diana Rigg as "Shaw's Candida steeped in Cole Porter, old movies, and Scotch" |
| KID | "The ...... ...", 1951 film starring Bob Hope in the title role that was based on a Damon Runyon sto |
| LEMONDROP | "The ...... ...", 1951 film starring Bob Hope in the title role that was based on a Damon Runyon sto |
| GIN | Strong aromatic alcoholic liquor distilled from rye and other grains and flavored with juniper berries / machine for hoisting heavy objects |
| FARINA | Meal made of cereal grains |
| FIBERS | Foods containing a high amount of plant carbohydrates, such as whole grains and fruits |
| FLOUR | Forming the basis of bread, pastry and cake, milled cereal grains used as food by humans for the past 32,000 years (5) |
