The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 6 letter word ICE CREAMS
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More clues leading to the result ICE CREAMS
- Selects the best lying beneath skimmed rice puddings?
- Same rice prepared around 100 desserts
- They may be found on the beach solving crime case
- Design ceramic set mostly for frozen food items
- One election official has large quantities of desserts
- Head of chefs has same rice going around differently for desserts
- Scoops in paper, after discovering rich sect
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The straight part
We know that "puddings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case puddings = ice creams.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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