Food criss-cross

Fourteen foods interlocked, EGG and JAM propping up WATERMELON, VEGETABLE and BLUEBERRY. NOODLE is «a long, thin strip of pasta, often served in soup»: the clues describe the food rather than name a recipe, so nobody needs to have cooked to solve it.

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What is on this sheet

Grid: 17 × 13
Clues: 14
Across: 7
Down: 7

Across

2. A soft, yellow spread made from cream
6. A solid food made from milk, often sliced
8. A thick, tangy food made from fermented milk
10. A sweet brown treat made from cacao beans
11. A white drink that comes from cows
12. A small round berry that is dark blue
13. A long, thin strip of pasta, often served in soup

Down

1. A huge, juicy summer fruit with a green rind
3. A round food laid by hens, often fried or boiled
4. A green vegetable with tight, tree-shaped clusters
5. A savory plant food grown in a garden, not a fruit
6. A tall plant with sweet yellow kernels on a cob
7. A warm liquid dish often served in a bowl
9. A sweet spread made by cooking fruit with sugar

About this puzzle

The grid has no black squares: it is whatever shape fourteen interlocking words make, and each word crosses at least one other. The clues are the same ones used everywhere else on this site for those words, written plainly for a classroom. Print it and the answer key comes on the second page; open it in the maker to swap in your own words and clues.