Answer: DOLE
DOLE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 183 times.
Referring Clues:
- Welfare, with "the"
 - Big name in Hawaii
 - Handout
 - Former Senate leader
 - 1996 Clinton challenger
 - Elizabeth of the Red Cross
 - Allotment
 - Hand (out)
 - Politico Elizabeth
 - Lott's predecessor
 - Share
 - 1996 also-ran
 - Big name in fruit
 - 1996 candidate Bob
 - Loser in 1996
 - Charity distribution
 - Big name in pineapples
 - 1996 runner-up
 - Food company with a sun in its logo
 - 1996 Republican standard-bearer
 - North Carolina senator
 - Charity
 - Bob who lost to Bill Clinton
 - Loser to Clinton in 1996
 - Welfare payments, e.g.
 - Senate majority leader, 1985-87
 - Ration (out)
 - Labor secretary under the first George Bush
 - Apportionment
 - Loser to Clinton
 - Clinton foe
 - "The Pineapple King"
 - Pineapple packager
 - Big name in pineapple
 - Senate candidate Elizabeth
 - Bob or Elizabeth
 - Ration
 - Clinton opponent
 - Loser to Clinton in '96
 - Clinton opponent of 1996
 - Hawaii's first territorial governor
 - Clinton's opponent of 1996
 - Allot, in this puzzle's theme
 - 1996 loser to Clinton
 - Surname on a 1996 ballot
 - Former senator who made a brief appearance in "Wordplay"
 - Viagra spokesman
 - North Carolina senator Elizabeth
 - Winner of 159 electoral votes in 1996
 - Del Monte rival
 - Longtime Senate colleague of Kassebaum
 - 1996 presidential candidate Bob
 - Give sparingly
 - Senator from Kansas or North Carolina
 - Allot, with "out"
 - Former senator who did Viagra commercials
 - Give (out) sparingly
 - 1996 candidate
 - Thurmond's Senate successor
 - Bill Clinton opponent in '96
 - Distribute, with ''out''
 - Charitable allotment
 - Parcel (out)
 - '96 presidential candidate
 - Former Kansas senator
 - Bob who lost to Bill
 - Former Red Cross head
 - 1996 presidential candidate
 - Mete (out)
 - Parcel out
 - Kemp ran with him
 - One-time Clinton challenger
 - Major fruit canner
 - Clinton challenger
 - Administer in small portions (with ''out'')
 - The Pineapple King
 - Apportion
 - Major employer in Hawaii
 - Mete
 - He ran beside a Ford
 - 1996 or 2000 presidential hopeful
 - Give out in small quantities
 - Republican from Russell
 - Elizabeth formerly of the Red Cross
 - 1996 or 2000 presidential candidate
 - Surname on a 1996 presidential ballot
 - Clinton's 1996 opponent
 - Republican candidate between Bush and Bush
 - Founder of an Oahu plantation
 - Relief payment
 - Relief
 - Major Hawaiian plant
 - Altruistic allotment
 - Big name in bananas
 - Jobless benefit
 - Clinton's opponent in '96
 - Allot (with "out")
 - Pineapple brand
 - Charity allotment
 - Administer in small portions (with "out")
 - Clinton's 1996 rival
 - Distribute, with "out"
 - Y2K presidential candidate
 - Warwickshire welfare
 - Most frequent guest on "Meet the Press"
 - Two-time '80s-'90s Senate majority leader
 - Two-time national ticket candidate
 - Election loser in 1996
 - Its mascot is Bobby Banana
 - James who was known as the Pineapple King
 - Apportion (out)
 - Portion out
 - Portion (out)
 - One-time Clinton opponent
 - Onetime Clinton rival
 - Clinton competitor
 - Welfare
 - Robert or Elizabeth
 - Money received from the state
 - 1996 runner-up to Clinton
 - Candidate of 1996
 - Politico Bob
 - World's largest fruit company
 - McCain : 2008 :: ___ : 1996
 - Company whose mascot is Bobby Banana
 - Former Kansas senator who said "Life is very important to Americans"
 - Charitable distribution
 - Clinton rival in '96
 - Pen-carrying presidential runner-up
 - Portion
 - Fruit giant
 - 1996 Clinton opponent
 - Big name in the pineapple biz
 - He lost to Clinton in 1996
 - 1996 Clinton rival
 - Runner-up before Gore
 - Bob or Elizabeth of politics
 - He ran with Ford
 - Charitable dispensation
 - Giant in the fruit and vegetable market
 - Windsor welfare
 - 1996 campaign name
 - Clinton defeated him in 1996
 - Ford's running mate
 - Former North Carolina senator Elizabeth
 - Also-ran in '96
 - Its plantation features the Pineapple Garden Maze
 - Distribute
 - ___ Plantation, site of the world's largest maze
 - Give (out)
 - Welfare, U.K. style
 - Hand out
 - Welfare in Wolverhampton
 - Handouts, with "the"
 - Unemployed benefit
 - An attorney on "The Practice"
 - ___ food company
 - Senate VIP
 - Bush rival in 1988
 - Pineapple name
 - Kan. senator
 - Name on a banana sticker
 - Agricultural giant with the mascot Bobby Banana
 - Serve sparingly, with "out"
 - Dish (out)
 - Name in pineapples
 - Food company with a sunburst in its logo
 - Pineapple giant
 - Premier pineapple producer
 - Mete substitute
 - Welfare allotment
 - ___ out (distribute)
 - First and only president of the Republic of Hawaii
 - Agricultural giant founded in Hawaii in 1851
 - Measure (out)
 - ___ out (divvy up)
 - Firm fruit
 - ___ out (dispense)
 - ___ Whip: frozen pineapple treat
 - Agricultural giant whose mascot is Bobby Banana
 - ___ out (allot)
 - Major producer of pineapples and bananas
 - Founder of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company in 1901
 
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