Christmas Food

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. A mixture of seasoned ingredients used to ___ meats and vegetables (8)
  2. 7. A white sparkling wine either produced in ___ or resembling that produced there (9)
  3. 8. Nut of any of various ___ trees having a wrinkled two-lobed seed with a hard shell (plural) (7)
  4. 12. Any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing ___ (plural) (11)
  5. 14. Medium-sized largely seedless mandarin orange with thin smooth skin (plural) (8)
  6. 15. Sweet food that grows on plants (5)
  7. 16. A cold pudding made of layers of sponge cake spread with fruit or jelly (6)

Down

  1. 1. The specified day of the month (plural) (5)
  2. 2. Pie containing ___ (plural) (9)
  3. 3. Any of various soft sweet desserts thickened usually with flour and baked or boiled or steamed (7)
  4. 5. Almond paste and egg whites (8)
  5. 6. Citrus fruit that shares its name with a color (plural) (7)
  6. 9. Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud (plural) (7)
  7. 10. An edible ___ made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods (5)
  8. 11. The best people or things in a group (5)
  9. 13. Large bird eaten at Thanksgiving (6)