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Secret Ingredients

The proof is in the puzzle.

A delicious puzzle for foodies, featuring culinary trivia, wordplay, and a flavorful hidden theme to discover.

By PuzzledCross

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Across

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

Down

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

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