Alice and Ralph are two characters from Lewis Carroll's classic novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The term 'Alice, to Ralph' is a reference to the dialogue between the two characters in the book. The crossword solution for this term is RIOT, which is a four-letter word. This could be interpreted as Alice and Ralph having a riotous conversation, or it could be a reference to the chaos that ensues in the novel when Alice meets the Mad Hatter and the March Hare.