The Clue
Down-home breakfast serving (5 letter answer)
The Answer
GRITS
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Notes
The answer GRITS is uncommon, appearing about once every 525 puzzles.
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Definition
GRITS as a noun:
1. (grits, hominy grits) = coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States
GRIT as a noun:
1. (grit, gritrock, gritstone) = a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
2. (backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption) = fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"
GRIT as a verb:
1. cover with a grit; "grit roads"
2. clench together; "grit one's teeth"