Boiled rice occasionally described as golden? (5)
I believe the answer is:
oldie
'described as golden?' is the definition.
(as in a 'golden oldie')
'boiled rice occasionally' is the wordplay.
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'boiled'+'rice'='boiledrice'
The alternate letters of 'boiledrice' are 'OLDIE'.
(Other definitions for oldie that I've seen before include "Once popular song (perhaps "golden")" , "One getting on" , "Classic song" , "Person of a certain age?" , "The --, UK magazine" .)