Quick Crosswords Quick Food Hard — Set 8
🍔 Food Crossword #1
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Across
- 2. Layered Italian pasta dish
- 5. Luxury seafood with claws
- 6. Creamy Italian rice dish
- 8. Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable
- 9. Small peppery root vegetable
- 10. Spicy root used in cooking
- 11. Prized fungus or chocolate sweet
Down
- 1. Grid-patterned breakfast item
- 3. Twisted salted baked snack
- 4. Long thin strips of pasta
- 7. Ground meat in a casing
Show answers
- 2 Across: Layered Italian pasta dish (7)LASAGNA
- 5 Across: Luxury seafood with claws (7)LOBSTER
- 6 Across: Creamy Italian rice dish (7)RISOTTO
- 8 Across: Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable (6)PEPPER
- 9 Across: Small peppery root vegetable (6)RADISH
- 10 Across: Spicy root used in cooking (6)GINGER
- 11 Across: Prized fungus or chocolate sweet (7)TRUFFLE
- 1 Down: Grid-patterned breakfast item (6)WAFFLE
- 3 Down: Twisted salted baked snack (7)PRETZEL
- 4 Down: Long thin strips of pasta (7)NOODLES
- 7 Down: Ground meat in a casing (7)SAUSAGE
🍔 Food Crossword #2
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Across
- 2. Spicy root used in cooking
- 4. Flat breakfast item with syrup
- 6. Green fruit used in guacamole
- 8. Long thin strips of pasta
- 9. Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable
Down
- 1. Kidney-shaped tropical nut
- 3. Creamy Italian rice dish
- 4. Twisted salted baked snack
- 5. Baked oat and nut cereal
- 7. Creamy egg-based dessert
Show answers
- 2 Across: Spicy root used in cooking (6)GINGER
- 4 Across: Flat breakfast item with syrup (7)PANCAKE
- 6 Across: Green fruit used in guacamole (7)AVOCADO
- 8 Across: Long thin strips of pasta (7)NOODLES
- 9 Across: Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable (6)PEPPER
- 1 Down: Kidney-shaped tropical nut (6)CASHEW
- 3 Down: Creamy Italian rice dish (7)RISOTTO
- 4 Down: Twisted salted baked snack (7)PRETZEL
- 5 Down: Baked oat and nut cereal (7)GRANOLA
- 7 Down: Creamy egg-based dessert (7)CUSTARD
🍔 Food Crossword #3
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Across
- 4. Baked oat and nut cereal
- 5. Individual baked quick bread
- 6. Twisted salted baked snack
- 9. Flaky baked bread roll
- 10. Ground meat in a casing
Down
- 1. Rich chocolate baked square
- 2. Prized fungus or chocolate sweet
- 3. Puffed corn kernels for movies
- 7. Layered Italian pasta dish
- 8. Spicy root used in cooking
Show answers
- 4 Across: Baked oat and nut cereal (7)GRANOLA
- 5 Across: Individual baked quick bread (6)MUFFIN
- 6 Across: Twisted salted baked snack (7)PRETZEL
- 9 Across: Flaky baked bread roll (7)BISCUIT
- 10 Across: Ground meat in a casing (7)SAUSAGE
- 1 Down: Rich chocolate baked square (7)BROWNIE
- 2 Down: Prized fungus or chocolate sweet (7)TRUFFLE
- 3 Down: Puffed corn kernels for movies (7)POPCORN
- 7 Down: Layered Italian pasta dish (7)LASAGNA
- 8 Down: Spicy root used in cooking (6)GINGER
🍔 Food Crossword #4
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Across
- 1. Grid-patterned breakfast item
- 3. Puffed corn kernels for movies
- 8. Creamy Italian rice dish
- 9. Individual baked quick bread
- 10. Spicy root used in cooking
Down
- 2. Green fruit used in guacamole
- 4. Long thin strips of pasta
- 5. Rich chocolate baked square
- 6. Prized fungus or chocolate sweet
- 7. Ground meat in a casing
Show answers
- 1 Across: Grid-patterned breakfast item (6)WAFFLE
- 3 Across: Puffed corn kernels for movies (7)POPCORN
- 8 Across: Creamy Italian rice dish (7)RISOTTO
- 9 Across: Individual baked quick bread (6)MUFFIN
- 10 Across: Spicy root used in cooking (6)GINGER
- 2 Down: Green fruit used in guacamole (7)AVOCADO
- 4 Down: Long thin strips of pasta (7)NOODLES
- 5 Down: Rich chocolate baked square (7)BROWNIE
- 6 Down: Prized fungus or chocolate sweet (7)TRUFFLE
- 7 Down: Ground meat in a casing (7)SAUSAGE
🍔 Food Crossword #5
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Across
- 1. Creamy Italian rice dish
- 3. Creamy egg-based dessert
- 6. Grid-patterned breakfast item
- 8. Layered Italian pasta dish
- 12. Long thin strips of pasta
- 13. Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable
Down
- 2. Ground meat in a casing
- 4. Prized fungus or chocolate sweet
- 5. Individual baked quick bread
- 7. Kidney-shaped tropical nut
- 9. Spicy root used in cooking
- 10. Green fruit used in guacamole
- 11. Twisted salted baked snack
Show answers
- 1 Across: Creamy Italian rice dish (7)RISOTTO
- 3 Across: Creamy egg-based dessert (7)CUSTARD
- 6 Across: Grid-patterned breakfast item (6)WAFFLE
- 8 Across: Layered Italian pasta dish (7)LASAGNA
- 12 Across: Long thin strips of pasta (7)NOODLES
- 13 Across: Spicy or bell-shaped vegetable (6)PEPPER
- 2 Down: Ground meat in a casing (7)SAUSAGE
- 4 Down: Prized fungus or chocolate sweet (7)TRUFFLE
- 5 Down: Individual baked quick bread (6)MUFFIN
- 7 Down: Kidney-shaped tropical nut (6)CASHEW
- 9 Down: Spicy root used in cooking (6)GINGER
- 10 Down: Green fruit used in guacamole (7)AVOCADO
- 11 Down: Twisted salted baked snack (7)PRETZEL
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