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No rice is cooked for Caruso for instance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enrico

'for caruso for instance' is the definition.
(opera singer Enrico Caruso, 1873-1921)

'no rice is cooked' is the wordplay.
'is cooked' indicates an anagram (letters cooked into a new form).
'no'+'rice'='norice'
'norice' with letters rearranged gives 'ENRICO'.

(Other definitions for enrico that I've seen before include "Italian Henry like Caruso" , ". . . . . . Caruso (tenor)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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