Food Sunday, October 4, 2026 · By the Crossword Study Team
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across 1 Breaks down grammatically 7 Month following April 10 Noticed, or marked like a leopard 17 Draw out, as a response 18 * Andean tuber also called a New Zealand yam 19 * Rich pasta sauce associated with butter and Parmesan 20 Bally home video-game console of the late 1970s 23 Band behind Losing My Religion 24 Geordi of Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 wds.) 25 * Bivalve used in New England chowder 26 Roosevelt and the medieval queen of England, by first name 28 * Fish often sold with the descriptor red 29 * Preserve meat for storage 30 Pulpit address 31 Having the necessary skill 32 Spanish demonstrative before casa 33 * Olive-derived cooking fat 35 Transgressions 39 Excellent, in 1990s slang 40 Festooned with bathroom tissue as a prank, informally 43 U.S. civil-liberties organisation: Abbr. 47 * Indian dish of cooked pulses 48 Grow weary 49 Baron Cohen's tracksuit-clad interviewer (2 wds.) 50 Champagne name paired with Chandon 51 * Seasoned rice dish cooked in stock 53 * One tiny component of a sesame topping 54 * Wrinkled dried fruit often sold pitted 55 * Soft French cheese named for a historic region 56 * Sweet covering for a cake 57 Large scholarly books 58 * Crunchy legume eaten pod and all (2 wds.) 60 One ___ time (2 wds.) 62 Outside the internet, in texting shorthand 63 * Kidney-shaped nuts used in creamy vegan sauces 68 * Spice that flavours pastis 72 * Pickled flower bud used in tartar sauce 75 * Top-grade Mediterranean cooking fat, in recipe shorthand 76 * Oblong sauce tomatoes 77 Lawyer Clooney, born Alamuddin 81 * Cook with dry oven heat 82 * Outer covering of citrus fruit or some cheeses 83 * Juicy pomegranate morsel 84 Chess player's winning announcement, for short 85 Colony insect 86 O'Rourke who ran for the U.S. Senate in Texas in 2018 87 * Aromatic plant used in tabbouleh 88 Historical periods 89 * Root vegetable that gives many borschts their colour 91 * Frozen water used to chill drinks 93 * Barbecue cuts often served as a rack 94 Petroleum-exporting nations' organisation: Abbr. 98 * Breakfast dishes of chopped meat and potatoes 103 Also me (2 wds.) 104 * Lettuce traditionally used in Caesar salad 107 Paper copy from a computer 109 Abel's brother in Genesis 110 Requiring just a single visit, as shopping (hyph.) 111 * Long, slender fish served as unagi 112 Automated phone solicitations 114 Error 115 * Hawaiian name used for yellowfin tuna 116 Resident of the Buckeye State 117 Shipping magnate Aristotle 118 Text-message service: Abbr. 119 * Spanish rice dish traditionally cooked in a wide, shallow pan down 1 Spread throughout 2 Yoga-wear brand whose name stands for Air, Land, Ocean 3 * Presses cooked potatoes into fine, fluffy grains 4 Map's distance ratio 5 Duck prized for its soft down 6 * Cook over boiling water 7 Capital of the Comoros 8 Taiwanese maker of Aspire laptops 9 * Tubers often confused with sweet potatoes 10 * Tomato-based dip for tortilla chips 11 Backup strategy (2 wds.) 12 * Liver, kidneys and other organ meats 13 Recurring devices in stories 14 University of Maryland athlete, informally 15 Rim or border 16 Person who turns intentions into action 20 Says yes to 21 * Partly frozen, syrup-flavoured drink 22 * Finely chopped raw beef preparation 27 Pesters, in Yiddish-derived slang 34 * Young sheep that supply springtime meat 36 * Steamed South Indian rice-and-lentil cake 37 * Flatbread traditionally baked in a tandoor 38 Shell-less garden mollusc 40 * Starchy corm traditionally used to make poi 41 * Purple-skinned stone fruit 42 German indefinite article before Frau 44 * Crop served on the cob 45 Princess played by Carrie Fisher 46 El Paso university whose teams are the Miners: Abbr. 51 Structure jutting into a harbour 52 Former name of Apple's Calendar app 54 School-family organisations: Abbr. 59 * Pastry dishes with sweet or savoury fillings 60 Untouched tennis serves 61 * Open pastry with a sweet or savoury filling 64 * Basil or thyme, for example 65 The Evil Queen's daughter in Disney's Descendants 66 Accustomed habit 67 Likewise! (3 wds.) 68 Person from ancient Aram 69 * Seaweed sheet used to wrap sushi 70 Count me among the participants! (2 wds.) 71 * Seasoning mainly composed of sodium chloride 72 * Crustacean served dressed or in cakes 73 Top-notch, as a rating (hyph.) 74 * Smooth savoury spread, often made with liver 77 Objects and traditions associated with the United States 78 Relating to marriage 79 * Bubbling vigorously, as a saucepan's contents (3 wds.) 80 Teaching sessions 90 * Browns slices of bread 92 * Hot peppers, in a variant plural spelling 95 * Flatbreads that can form pockets 96 * Long, thin white mushroom variety 97 * Mushrooms also known as porcini 99 Leather strip for honing a razor 100 A fuss or commotion (hyph.) 101 Ragtime pianist and composer Blake 102 Backless seat 104 Former Dallas quarterback Tony 105 Come ___! (2 wds.) 106 Flat-topped landform 107 * Small green vegetables from a pod 108 Public-radio interviewer Diane 113 Golden Bears university, informally 1 across, Breaks down grammatically, 6 letters.