Rice-___ Crossword Clue

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PILAF

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Hint 1: Clue Definition

RICE (noun)
1. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
2. United States playwright (1892-1967)
RICE (verb)
1. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice

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PILAF
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NORIA

More Missing Letter Crossword (1/4/2026) Answers

Across

1. NOUN: "the Hindu goddess of death and destruction"

5. NOUN: "promotional goods or items

9. Scarlett or Catherine

14. Greek for "contest"

15. ADJECTIVE: "retaining exceptional health and vigor"

16. Some are dangerous to inhale

17. Granny

18. "Off ___?" (question at bedtime to a parent holding a light switch)

19. Communication service since 2004

20. NOUN: "a [game] consisting of small irregularly cut pieces that are to be fitted together to form a picture"

23. "___ Coin" (arcade game instruction)

24. ___ corn (picnic item)

27. ADJECTIVE: "of, relating to, or constituting a revival or adaptation of the [historic] especially in literature, music, art, or architecture"

32. Follow up on brushing

35. Handles of swords

36. ABBREVIATION: "the third day of the week"

37. Amusement park hassle

38. "Roots" author Alex

39. Dunham on "Too Much"

40. VERB: "to take in through the mouth as food"

41. Romero who played the Joker on "Batman"

42. GEOGRAPHICAL NAME: "country in eastern Arabia on a peninsula projecting into the Persian Gulf"

43. NOUN: "the [full range] of an emission of [light] that is obtained by dispersion with either a crystal grating or a ruled grating"

46. Trendy ancient grain

47. "Old ___ die hard"

51. NOUN: "a [small container] that has markings for [gauging] ingredients when cooking"

55. Skunk's surname

58. Words used when spelling something out over the phone

59. Cooler brand

61. NOUN: "a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature"

62. NOUN: "a ceremonial act"

63. BIOGRAPHICAL NAME: "Bette 1908–1989 ...American actress"

64. Taylor's big tour

65. Milo's movie buddy

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1. Japanese system of writing

2. ADVERB: "once more"

3. Yearns for

4. IDIOM: "from [one] point of view"

5. Let someone see, as a cool new gadget

6. VERB: "to turn or twist...out of shape"

7. Baseball surname for Felipe and Matty

8. NOUN: "the [cohort] of people born in the late 1990s and early 2000s"

9. "Heart ___" (1979 Blondie hit)

10. Upper-arm bones

11. “I ___ Rock”

12. Patagonia competitor

13. Talking with your hands, briefly

21. "Tron: ___" (2025 Jared Leto movie)

22. ADJECTIVE: "appealingly piquant or lively"

25. Group of musicians, sometimes

26. Animals of a certain region

28. VERB: "to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone)"

29. NOUN: "a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers"

30. On one's toes

31. Shakespeare title role

32. VERB: "to talk in a boastful or aggressive way"

33. You can't trust them

34. PHRASE: "ready to be drawn from a large container (such as a cask or keg)"

38. Prefix meaning "seven"

39. Greek lunch

41. “The Chronicles of Narnia” author

42. Ke Huy ___ (actor in "The Goonies" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once")

44. NOUN: "[person from a] country in southern Arabia bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden"

45. Big beasts

48. Clinch the victory

49. ___-frutti

50. Undercover agents

52. Computer command

53. NOUN: "a person who [enjoys] a product or service"

54. Ora or Wilson

55. Man of the future

56. Historian’s study

57. ABBREVIATION: "a position or perspective from which something is considered or evaluated"

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