The term 'The Catcher in the RYE' is a novel by J.D. Salinger, first published in 1951. It tells the story of Holden Caulfield, a teenager who has been expelled from school and is struggling to find his place in the world. The title of the novel comes from a line in a Robert Burns poem, which reads 'If a body catch a body comin' through the RYE'. The crossword solution for this term is 'RYE', which is a reference to the poem.