The Clue
Presses into grains (5 letter answer)
The Answer
RICES
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Notes
The answer RICES is uncommon, appearing about once every 475 puzzles.
Related Clues
Chops finely
Elmer and Grantland
Mushes, as potatoes
Prepares potatoes
Prepares, as potatoes
Reduces to bits
Wild and Elmer
Doesn't quite mash
Fixes potatoes, maybe
Makes small potatoes of?
Mashes into strings
Prepares potatoes, in a way
Reduces to bits, as potatoes
Reduces spuds to granules
Reduces to tiny bits
Sieves short of puréeing
Uses a kitchen appliance
Puts through a food press
They're chosen for your sake
Definition
RICE as a noun:
1. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
2. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
3. (Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice) = English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
4. (Rice, Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein) = United States playwright (1892-1967)
RICE as a verb:
1. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"