| Food found in a bed | 19 |
| Elmer or Grantland | 18 |
| Eastern staple | 14 |
| Chinese-restaurant staple | 25 |
| Chinese-cuisine staple | 22 |
| Bush inner circle member | 24 |
| Bush confidante | 15 |
| Bridal shower | 13 |
| Bed for some shrimp? | 20 |
| Asian staple grain | 18 |
| Asian food staple | 17 |
| Asia's most important crop | 30 |
| Arroz con pollo ingredient | 26 |
| A bed in the kitchen? | 21 |
| "Street Scene" playwright | 35 |
| "Interview With the Vampire" author | 45 |
| "Dirty" dish | 22 |
| "Beauty's Punishment" author | 42 |
| Young target? | 13 |
| Worldwide crop | 14 |
| Word before paper or pudding | 28 |
| Wild or brown | 13 |
| What orzo looks like | 20 |
| Wedding missile | 15 |
| Wedding handful | 15 |
| Wedding day shower | 18 |
| Wedding castoff | 15 |
| Wedding "confetti" | 28 |
| University or playwright | 24 |
| University at Houston | 21 |
| Uncle Ben's specialty | 25 |
| Uncle Ben's dish | 20 |
| The Owls of the Western Athletic Conference | 43 |
| The Owls of the N.C.A.A. | 24 |
| Texas university that Howard Hughes dropped out of | 50 |
| Tex. university | 15 |
| Sushi chef's handful | 24 |
| Sushi base | 10 |
| Stuff once thrown at newly weds | 31 |
| Starchy grain | 13 |
| Staple of Asia | 14 |
| Staple in the Far East | 22 |
| Staple in China | 15 |
| Sportswriter Grantland | 22 |
| Source of sake | 14 |
| Something needed for your sake? | 31 |
| Something for your sake? | 24 |
| Singer/songwriter Damien | 24 |
| Shipment from Galveston | 23 |
| Serving with sushi | 18 |
| Serving with chop suey, perhaps | 31 |
| Sake's base | 15 |
| Red-beans partner | 17 |
| Red beans go-with | 17 |
| Receiver Jerry | 14 |
| Postnuptial throw | 17 |
| Pilaf staple | 12 |
| Pilaf grains | 12 |
| Pilaf basic | 11 |
| Part of a bridal shower | 23 |
| Paper or pudding | 16 |
| Paella requirement | 18 |
| Paella need | 11 |
| Paddy's product | 19 |
| Oriental food | 13 |
| National security adviser Condoleezza | 37 |
| Minute _____ | 12 |
| Major Thai export | 17 |
| Lyricist extraordinaire Tim | 27 |
| Lestat creator | 14 |
| Lasher author | 15 |
| Lamb's bed, maybe | 21 |
| Ladder, part 7 | 14 |
| Kung pao chicken accompanier | 28 |
| Kind of thin paper | 18 |
| Kind of grass or flower | 23 |
| Jasmine ___ | 11 |
| Japanese staple | 15 |
| It's tossed after weddings | 30 |
| It's thrown at weddings | 27 |
| It's sold in cakes | 22 |
| It's fermented to make sake | 31 |
| It might be sticky or dirty | 27 |
| It might be fried at a Chinese restaurant | 41 |
| It may rain after a wedding | 27 |
| It may fill a paddy wagon? | 26 |
| It may fill a paddy wagon | 25 |
| It may be served in a bed | 25 |
| It may be grown for your sake | 29 |
| It may be brown or Spanish | 26 |
| Indonesian staple | 17 |
| Indian order | 12 |
| Hopping John ingredient | 23 |
| Hillary Clinton predecessor | 27 |
| He wrote "The Left Bank" | 34 |
| Grantland of sportswriting fame | 31 |
| Grantland of sports fame | 24 |
| Grain used to make horchata | 27 |
| Grain that's sometimes flung | 32 |
| Former wide receiver Jerry | 26 |