The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DURUM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DURUM
- Certain ears, or part of one, catching second bit of music
- United stopping one getting beaten? This may be in the field
- Wheat anyone can see in part of kitchen
- Pasta ingredient university kept in barrel
- Wheat from Uruguay originally stored in a cylindrical container
- In Berlin, you’ll get funny cereal
- Cereal for everyone kept in barrel
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What does DURUM mean?
DURUM noun- Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.