STUMPERS LVII

Credit: NY Times Crossword
February 5, 2014
Tracy Gray 

What do the following phrases have in common with breakfast cereal?

GREAT WHITE
HELL OR HIGH WATER
THE WALTONS
SO WHAT ELSE IS NEW?

HINT:
The answer is hidden inside each clue.

Answer:

Contained within each phrase is the word WHEAT - broken up:

grEAT WHite
hell or higH WATEr
THE WAltons
so WHAT Else is new? - - - - SHREDDED WHEAT