| 100% | INK | 3 | Ingredient in arròs negre, a squid-and-rice dish |
| 52% | THALI | 5 | In Indian cookery, a meal of several small dishes accompanied by rice and bread |
| 50% | CELERY | 6 | Popular stalk which is the main ingredient in the dish ants on a log, and is packed with 95% water |
| 50% | ONION | 5 | Ingredient in a lyonnaise dish |
| 50% | SPINACH | 7 | Ingredient in a Florentine dish |
| 49% | ALE | 3 | Ingredient in a black and tan |
| 49% | EGG | 3 | Ingredient in a Tom and Jerry |
| 49% | STOUT | 5 | Ingredient in a black and tan |
| 49% | PINTO | 5 | Gallo ___, dish with rice and beans as a base that may be served with breakfast in Central America |
| 49% | PAELLA | 6 | Rice dish cooked in a shallow pan |
| 49% | PAELLA | 6 | Rice dish cooked in a wide pan |
| 48% | RISOTTO | 7 | Rice dish cooked in stock with other ingredients |
| 47% | PAELLA | 6 | Valencian rice dish cooked in a shallow pan |
| 47% | PAELLA | 6 | Spanish rice dish cooked in a shallow pan |
| 47% | ALE | 3 | Pale ingredient in a Black and Tan cocktail |
| 46% | EEL | 3 | Sauce ingredient in a Londoner's "pie and mash" |
| 45% | BIBIMBAP | 8 | Korean rice dish often served in a hot stone bowl |
| 45% | PAELLA | 6 | Spanish saffron-spiced rice dish made in a large pan |
| 45% | SUSHI | 5 | Rice and raw-fish wrapped in a seaweed |
| 44% | CHOCOLATE | 9 | Dessert ingredient possibly in a Mexican mole dish |
| 44% | LIWET | 5 | Nasi ___, an Indonesian rice dish cooked in coconut milk, chicken broth, and spices |
| 43% | SUSHIPIZZA | 10 | Toronto dish with a rice crust and fish toppings |
| 43% | BIBIMBAP | 8 | Korean mixed rice, meat and veggies in a bowl |
| 43% | STEW | 4 | Dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a pot |
| 43% | PAELLA | 6 | A Spanish rice dish cooked in a large frying pan |
| 43% | LOCO | 4 | ___ moco (Hawaiian dish with rice, meat, and a fried egg) |
| 42% | LOCO | 4 | ___ moco, Hawaiian rice dish that is topped with a hamburger patty, fried egg, and brown gravy |
| 41% | CATSCRADLE | 10 | Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" |
| 41% | SODAMIXER | 9 | Ingredient in some cocktails ... or a hint to the last words in 17-, 23-, 32-, 43- and 48-Across |
| 41% | REDBEAN | 7 | Legume in a Louisiana rice dish |