| Cook rationalises squeezing out oil pods |
The Telegraph Toughie |
31 Oct 2025 |
| Distinctively shaped spice with a liquorice-like flavour |
The Times Specialist |
27 Oct 2025 |
| Spice named for its shape |
Universal |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Small Chinese evergreen tree whose dried seed pods are used in cooking; Illicium verum (4,5) |
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| Plant with eight-pointed pods used in cooking |
New York Times |
31 Mar 2025 |
| The spice Illicium verum, used in oriental cookery |
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| Dried seed pod used in cookery (4,5) |
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| Aniseed plant much used in Chinese cooking (4,5) |
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| Five-spice powder ingredient |
LA Times Daily |
10 Aug 2024 |
| Spice named for its celestial shape |
Universal |
19 Jul 2024 |
| Five-spice component: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
11 Jun 2024 |
| Hero spice of many pho broths |
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| Aromatic spice used in pho broth |
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| Asian spice, anagram of RISE SATAN (4,5) |
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| Asian spice |
Mirror Tea Time |
17 Dec 2023 |
| Spice in an eight-pointed pod |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2023 |
| Key ingredient in five-spice powder |
USA Today |
29 Jan 2023 |
| Evergreen twinkling of Sinatra's eyes (it's fine to be swept away) |
The Telegraph Toughie |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Chinese spice named for its shape |
Universal |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Spice produced from the distinctive pericarps of Illicium verum |
The Times Specialist Sunday |
02 Jun 2019 |
| Chinese spice named for its shape |
Universal |
16 May 2019 |
| Chinese spice named for its shape |
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| Chinese spice with a flavor like licorice |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Five-spice powder ingredient |
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| Poison bay tree. |
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