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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.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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