The Clue
Cape Town's famous son (5 letter answer)
The Answer
SMUTS
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Notes
The answer SMUTS is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 800 puzzles.
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Definition
SMUTS as a noun:
1. (Smuts, Jan Christian Smuts) = South African statesman and soldier (1870-1950)
SMUT as a noun:
1. (carbon black, lampblack, soot, smut, crock) = a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink
2. destructive diseases of plants (especially cereal grasses) caused by fungi that produce black powdery masses of spores
3. (smut, smut fungus) = any fungus of the order Ustilaginales
4. (obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word) = an offensive or indecent word or phrase
5. (pornography, porno, porn, erotica, smut) = creative activity (writing or pictures or films etc.) of no literary or artistic value other than to stimulate sexual desire
SMUT as a verb:
1. make obscene; "This line in the play smuts the entire act"
2. stain with a dirty substance, such as soot
3. become affected with smut; "the corn smutted and could not be eaten"
4. affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn