"The Catcher in the ___" Crossword Clue

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(noun)
1. hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
2. whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt

Hint 2: Clue Definition

CATCHER (noun)
1. (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher
2. the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws

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