Millet: grains, places, food

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  • 1 Down 5 letters · starts with N

    West African country, second-largest producer after India

    Show answer NIGER
  • 2 Down 7 letters · starts with M

    Namibian name for the pearl-type grain that is the north's staple

    Show answer MAHANGU
  • 3 Across 6 letters · starts with I

    Spongy flatbread of Ethiopia and Eritrea

    Show answer INJERA
  • 4 Across 4 letters · starts with B

    Drink brewed as dolo in West Africa and pombe in East Africa

    Show answer BEER
  • 5 Across 5 letters · starts with C

    Third among producers; its north holds early evidence of farming

    Show answer CHINA
  • 6 Down 8 letters · starts with P

    In Germany eaten sweet with milk and berries, in Russia often with pumpkin

    Show answer PORRIDGE
  • 7 Across 7 letters · starts with S

    Large-grained crop, a staple in Africa and India

    Show answer SORGHUM
  • 8 Down 6 letters · starts with G

    Substance people with coeliac disease must avoid; this grain naturally lacks it

    Show answer GLUTEN
  • 9 Down 5 letters · starts with P

    Common or broomcorn kind; some varieties ripen in just 60 days

    Show answer PROSO
  • 10 Across 7 letters · starts with D

    Dry spell that this tough grain tolerates exceptionally well

    Show answer DROUGHT
  • 11 Down 4 letters · starts with T

    Tiny-grained cereal and a key food plant in Ethiopia and Eritrea

    Show answer TEFF
  • 12 Across 4 letters · starts with R

    South Indian name of a grain made into flatbread rotti and dough balls mudde

    Show answer RAGI
  • 13 Down 5 letters · starts with I

    Top producer, harvesting about 40% of the world's crop

    Show answer INDIA
  • 14 Across 6 letters · starts with M

    Small-grained cereal grass, farmed for more than 10,000 years

    Show answer MILLET