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A Matter of Taste

For those with a palate for puzzles.

A delicious puzzle for foodies, featuring a culinary theme centered on spices, cooking, and flavor. Expect a healthy serving of clever wordplay.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

1.A cut of steak or a bit of comics
6.Birthday dessert that might be spiced
7.Transition zone bordering the Sahara
9.Exercises one's taste
11.A dazzling display, as of spices on a shelf
12.What salt and smoke can do
13.Floors one?

Down

2.Uphill transport for skiers
3.Navigable for an arctic ship, perhaps
4.Lighter in the shade?
5.Like a kitchen after a baking spree
7.Life's zest, so to speak
8.Oversaw a group of cows?
10.Holder for coats or spices

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