Secret Ingredients

The proof is in the puzzle.
A delicious puzzle for foodies, featuring culinary trivia, wordplay, and a flavorful hidden theme to discover.
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Across

  • 1A
    Sweet liquids for pancakes or waffles
  • 6A
    Occam's sharp object
  • 7A
    What a sommelier savors
  • 8A
    '___ Just Want to Have Fun' (1983 hit)
  • 10A
    Erudite or scholarly
  • 12A
    It's often followed by a chorus
  • 14A
    ___ Pie (classic ice cream treat)
  • 15A
    Fountain selections
  • 16A
    Use one's bean?

Down

  • 1D
    Go through with a fine-tooth comb
  • 2D
    Kindle or Nook, e.g.
  • 3D
    Big name in canned soup
  • 4D
    Banned nerve gas
  • 5D
    It's a small one, supposedly
  • 9D
    What a string on a finger might do
  • 10D
    An automotive dud
  • 11D
    Bloc of 10 Southeast Asian nations
  • 13D
    Double agent, perhaps