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Dessert came with rice, strangely (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ice cream

'dessert' is the definition.
(ice cream is a kind of dessert)

'came with rice strangely' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'strangely' indicates an anagram.
'came' put after 'rice' is 'ricecame'.
'ricecame' with letters rearranged gives 'ICE-CREAM'.

(Other definitions for ice cream that I've seen before include "Party food" , "Cold snack" , "Dish" , "99, for example" , "Cool confection, sweet frozen dessert" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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