The Clue
University or playwright (4 letter answer)
The Answer
RICE
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Notes
The answer RICE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
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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"