Distinctively shaped spice with a liquorice-like flavour Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Distinctively shaped spice with a liquorice-like flavour featured in Times Specialist puzzle on October 27, 2025. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is STARANISE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% STARANISE Distinctively shaped spice with a liquorice-like flavour (9) The Times Specialist Oct 27, 2025
3% TANG Distinctive flavour (4) Puzzler Backwords Aug 20, 2025
3% ANISE Star-shaped spice (5) Commuter Jul 24, 2025
3% KIDNEY Organ with a distinctive shape (6) New York Times Jul 23, 2025
3% ANISEED Liquorice-like flavouring (7) The Times Concise Apr 28, 2025
2% RENOWN Distinction (6) (6) The Guardian Quick Oct 27, 2025
2% TONED In shape (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 27, 2025
2% MACE Nutmeg spice (4) Eugene Sheffer Oct 24, 2025
2% ETHOS Distinctive spirit (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 23, 2025
2% HONORS Academic distinctions (6) Universal Oct 18, 2025

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