| Former Secretary of State Condoleezza | 37 |
| Form of confetti | 16 |
| Force through a sieve | 21 |
| Food served in a bed | 20 |
| Foggy Bottom top dog since January 2005 | 39 |
| Fenway Park slugger | 19 |
| Far East staple | 15 |
| Famed N.F.L. pass catcher | 25 |
| Elton John collaborator Tim | 27 |
| Eleven from Houston | 19 |
| Edgar ___ Burroughs | 19 |
| Dolma ingredient | 16 |
| Dish sometimes made in a minute | 31 |
| Dirty dish? | 11 |
| Dirty Cajun dish | 16 |
| Dinner side dish choice | 23 |
| Departing wedding gift | 22 |
| Condoleezza of the cabinet | 26 |
| Condoleezza of Bush's cabinet | 33 |
| Condoleeza of the Cabinet | 25 |
| Chinese menu staple | 19 |
| Cabinet appointee of 2005 | 25 |
| Bush adviser | 12 |
| Burrito staple | 14 |
| Bridal shower material? | 23 |
| Bowlful accompanying teriyaki | 29 |
| Boston's Jim | 16 |
| Bed of ___ | 10 |
| Basmati, for one | 16 |
| Basmati, e.g. | 13 |
| Basmati or jasmine, e.g. | 24 |
| Asian grain | 11 |
| Arroz, by another name? | 23 |
| Aquatic cereal grass | 20 |
| Almost purée | 15 |
| Almost purée | 19 |
| Accompaniment for red beans | 27 |
| A top crop in Ark. | 18 |
| 49ers receiver Jerry | 20 |
| "Wild" or "brown" food | 42 |
| "We, the People" playwright | 37 |
| "The Vampire Lestat" author Anne | 42 |
| "The Vampire Lestat" author | 37 |
| "The Vampire Armand" author | 37 |
| "Missiles" at a wedding | 33 |
| "Lasher" writer | 25 |
| "Lasher" author | 25 |
| "Bitter ___" (Italian film) | 37 |
| "Ammo" at weddings | 28 |
| 'The Witching Hour' author | 34 |
| ''The Vampire Lestat'' author | 45 |
| ''Dirty'' Cajun dish | 36 |
| ''Aida'' lyricist | 33 |
| -- Krispies | 11 |
| Asian restaurant staple | 23 |
| Round, crunchy diet food | 24 |
| Quaker low-calorie snack | 24 |
| Puffed snack food | 17 |
| Not real flavorful food | 23 |
| Low-calorie snack | 17 |
| Party snack-mix ingredient | 26 |
| Ingredient in a certain party mix | 33 |
| Reduced to granules | 19 |
| Used a kitchen utensil | 22 |
| Sieved food to a certain consistency | 36 |
| Put the potatoes through a kitchen gadget | 41 |
| Pushed through a sieve | 22 |
| Not quite mashed | 16 |
| Made stringed potatoes | 22 |
| Made grain-sized | 16 |
| Finely chopped, as potatoes | 27 |
| Used a kitchen gadget | 21 |
| Reduced to bits | 15 |
| Put through small openings, as potatoes | 39 |
| Pressed potatoes through small holes | 36 |
| Pressed into orzo-like bits, as a potato | 40 |
| Prepared, as potatoes for ... what exactly? Baby food? | 54 |
| Prepared vegetables | 19 |
| Prepared some vegetables | 24 |
| Prepared hashbrowns, say | 24 |
| Performed a cooking chore | 25 |
| Like small potatoes? | 20 |
| In small pieces, as potatoes | 28 |
| Harvested water oats | 20 |
| Fixed spuds, in a way | 21 |
| Ancient occupation | 18 |
| Report from the State Department? | 33 |
| Thin material for book pages | 28 |
| Thin Japanese wrapping | 22 |
| Sheet for watercoloring | 23 |
| Oriental art material | 21 |
| Delicate spring roll wrapping | 29 |
| Writer Anne's favorite dessert? | 35 |
| Novelist Anne's favorite dessert? | 37 |
| Mushy dessert | 13 |
| Grainy dessert | 14 |
| Gadget for avoiding lumpy potatoes | 34 |
| Potato press | 12 |
| Kitchen tool with small holes | 29 |
| Kitchen gadget for preparing potatoes | 37 |