What the force did as a surprise to remove spice from rice paddies (6)
I believe the answer is:
raided
'what the force did as a surprise' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'remove spice from rice paddies' is the wordplay.
'remove' indicates anagramming the letters (move the letters again).
'from' suggests deleting specific letters.
'rice'+'paddies'='ricepaddies'
'ricepaddies' with 'spice' taken out is 'raddie'.
'raddie' is an anagram of 'RAIDED'.
'to' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for raided that I've seen before include "Made a sudden surprise attack on" , "Entered a territory and took spoils" , "Attacked" .)