A Recipe for Disaster

Where the kitchen gets heated and the plot thickens.
A crossword blending culinary terms and spycraft. This puzzle is filled with clever wordplay, puns, and double-meaning clues.
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Across

  • 3A
    Leave no ___ (operative's goal)
  • 7A
    Tandoori-baked bread for sopping up curry
  • 8A
    Can be crude or extra virgin
  • 9A
    An informant, in slang
  • 10A
    Shady backroom arrangements
  • 11A
    Final resting places for bones
  • 15A
    Like a poorly planned extraction
  • 16A
    They can be fruity or cutting
  • 18A
    Mathematician's obsession, in dessert form?
  • 19A
    Swell up, like dough or a conspiracy
  • 20A
    Minds the bar, or a honey trap

Down

  • 1D
    Dried poblano used in Mexican cuisine
  • 2D
    Critically review, as a film
  • 4D
    Old-school phone with a circular dial
  • 5D
    Garlicky sauce often served with frites
  • 6D
    ___ call (near disaster)
  • 9D
    Places to plant bugs?
  • 10D
    Checked for fingerprints
  • 12D
    Assume a new form, as a spy in disguise
  • 13D
    Lethal nerve agent
  • 14D
    Like revenge, or a dessert tart
  • 17D
    Combine, as ingredients or secret messages