Food & Cooking Crossword for Adults

Early 2000s Junk Food

"Early 2000s Junk Food" is a medium crossword about food and cooking with 26 entries on a 15 by 15 grid, 13 across and 13 down.

Answers average 5.6 letters and the longest runs nine, clued as "Small gelatin confection shaped like a cuddly woodland mammal" (16 Across). It crosses four other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 26 clues
  • 15 x 15 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 3 to 9 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 5 Across (8)Uniform potato crisps stacked neatly inside a tall cylindrical cardboard tube
  2. 16 Across (9)Small gelatin confection shaped like a cuddly woodland mammal
  3. 13 Down (9)Yellow meal kit packed with DIY cracker stacks or miniature cold pizzas

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Across

  1. 3. Iconic 7-Eleven semi-frozen slushie slurped through a spoon straw
  2. 4. Creamy dunking partner for Tostitos chips or celery sticks
  3. 5. Uniform potato crisps stacked neatly inside a tall cylindrical cardboard tube
  4. 8. Cylindrical potato nuggets celebrated by Napoleon Dynamite in 2004
  5. 10. Pucker-inducing flavor profile popularized by early-2000s extreme candy crazes
  6. 11. Miniature snack morsel, like a tiny pizza pocket or brownie chunk
  7. 16. Small gelatin confection shaped like a cuddly woodland mammal
  8. 18. Crispy corn or potato bite often found at the bottom of a crushed bag
  9. 20. Icy semi-frozen beverage dispensed from swirling gas station machines
  10. 21. Frosted toaster pastry stuffed with fruit jelly or chocolate fudge
  11. 23. Dense, boiled-then-baked dough ring serving as the crust for miniature frozen snacks
  12. 24. Sandwich cookie that spawned limited-edition 'Uh-Oh!' inverted varieties around 2003
  13. 25. Extreme sour hard candies named after explosive military artillery

Down

  1. 1. Crisp lemon-lime soda that introduced the berry-infused 'Remix' series in 2003
  2. 2. Ring-shaped fried dough covered in sweet glaze or rainbow sprinkles
  3. 3. Citrus soda introduced by Coca-Cola to rival Mountain Dew before its cult hiatus
  4. 6. Hexagonal fruit snacks featuring an explosive burst of liquid gel in the center
  5. 7. Candy bar featuring a crunchy biscuit base, caramel layer, and chocolate coat
  6. 9. Spicy dried meat stick famously advertised by wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage
  7. 12. Cheesy puffed snacks represented by sunglasses-wearing mascot Chester Cheetah
  8. 13. Yellow meal kit packed with DIY cracker stacks or miniature cold pizzas
  9. 14. Triangular seasoned tortilla chip notorious for neon dust on gamer fingers
  10. 15. Snap sound of a fresh wafer or potato slice between your teeth
  11. 17. Chewy treat often found in meter-long rolled plastic tape dispensers
  12. 19. Cheese flavor synonymous with classic Doritos bags since childhood
  13. 22. Brief nickname for the blue-canned soda rivaling Coca-Cola

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