well, it???s almost noon and i haven???t figured out the meta. i???m probably going to send in bean. it???s totally unsatisfying, but at least MUNG and PEAS are kinds of beans, and there are references in the clues to several more (lima in the GLEE clue, common in the ERATO clue, coral in the SNORKEL clue, string in the KITE clue). plus, bean is exactly the kind of answer that some people would no