| CRUNCHIER | Like Grape-Nuts vis-a-vis other cereals |
| FRUITY | like grape or guava |
| MUSCARI | Species of Liriope (lily turf) with flower spikes like grape hyacinth (7) |
| RAINIEST | Like the Southeast, vis-a-vis other U.S. regions |
| HOLIER | Like Swiss vis-a-vis other cheeses |
| WETTEST | Like Hilo, Hawaii, vis-a-vis other major American cities |
| PRICIER | Like penthouse suites vis-A -vis other apartments, typically |
| WIDER | Like the Amazon, vis-a-vis other rivers |
| RARER | Like AB- vis-a-vis other blood types |
| NAMESAKE | John vis-a-vis other Johns, for example |
| MILL | Traditionally equipped with a waterwheel or a wind-powered set of sails, a building containing machinery for grinding wheat and other cereal grain into flour (4) |
| KERNEL | From "corn", a whole grain of wheat or other cereal; the edible central part of a fruit stone, nut or seed; by extension, a nucleus; or, the essential or core part of anything (6) |
| MALT | Barley or other cereal grain that is steeped, germinated and kiln-dried for brewing beer, distilling or making vinegar; or, a short word for a liquor, whisky or a milky drink, such as Horlicks or Oval |
| ERGOT | A fungal disease of rye and other cereals |
| POSTCEREALS | Alpha-Bits, Grape-Nuts, Raisin Bran, and the like |
| SHRAPNEL | Grape Nuts, to a GI |
| AWN | Beard growing from barley or other cereals and grasses (3) |
| CWPOST | Maker of Grape Nuts |
| POST | Grape-Nuts cereal brand |
| CEREAL | Grape-Nuts or Apple Jacks |
