“Corn core” sounds like an obscure subgenre of heavy metal that would make your parents ashamed of you, but it’s not. The clue for today’s NYT Mini Crossword is actually a lot more straightforward than that.

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• Hint 1: It begins with the letter “C.”
• Hint 2: The thing in the middle of corn.
• Hint 3: It rhymes with “lob.”
• Hint 4: Corn on the ___.

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