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Tantrum - criticise problem with rice (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

paddy blast

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'tantrum' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'criticise problem with rice' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'criticise' could be 'blast' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'blast' is located in the answer.
'rice' could be 'paddy' (paddy is a kind of rice) and 'paddy' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
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