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Cooking mini crosswords

Cooking is theme 10 of 29 in Theme Minis, filed under kitchen. It holds 35 small crosswords, 18 are 5×5 and 17 are 6×6, and every one of them leans on words from the kitchen.

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The make-up of Cooking

A puzzle here carries 10 to 12 clues, 376 in all. Of those answers, 97 are on-subject words (3 to 6 letters), picked from a list of 213; the others are plain fill.

Every Cooking puzzle, numbered

Numbers follow the order on the theme shelf. Clues are quoted so you can see the flavour of each puzzle, and the answers and grids stay inside the game.

  1. Puzzle 1, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Cut a loaf” and “Slow-cooked meat and vegetables in a pot”
  2. Puzzle 2, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Herb in Thanksgiving stuffing” and “What sweetens the coffee”
  3. Puzzle 3, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Stove and oven in one” and “Tiny amount of salt”
  4. Puzzle 4, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ fryer” and “Orange root vegetable”
  5. Puzzle 5, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Barely cooked, as a steak” and “Bean curd”
  6. Puzzle 6, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ rack” and “___ chef, second in command”
  7. Puzzle 7, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Grain in risotto” and “Cut into small cubes”
  8. Puzzle 8, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Sour yellow fruit” and “Measuring ___”
  9. Puzzle 9, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Not put over the heat yet” and “Wire tool for beating eggs”
  10. Puzzle 10, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Small splash of hot sauce” and “Baking ___”
  11. Puzzle 11, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Dense chocolate candy” and “Soup server”
  12. Puzzle 12, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Frying ___” and “Where a roast goes”
  13. Puzzle 13, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “It gets scrambled or poached” and “Apple or pumpkin dessert”
  14. Puzzle 14, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Folded tortilla with filling” and “Sour yellow fruit”
  15. Puzzle 15, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Deep vessel for soup” and “Herb snipped over a baked potato”
  16. Puzzle 16, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Rich part of milk” and “Preserve meat with salt”
  17. Puzzle 17, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  18. Puzzle 18, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Shiny coating on a ham” and “Brown a steak fast on high heat”
  19. Puzzle 19, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Chef's big blade” and “Where a roast goes”
  20. Puzzle 20, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Cook's cover-up” and “Pie's outer layer”
  21. Puzzle 21, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Cut up an onion” and “___ oil”
  22. Puzzle 22, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Seasoning in almost every recipe” and “Folded egg dish”
  23. Puzzle 23, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Shred cheese” and “Let dough rise”
  24. Puzzle 24, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Whole bread” and “Wooden stirrer”
  25. Puzzle 25, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Cut you might order rare” and “Work dough with the hands”
  26. Puzzle 26, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Sharp part of a knife” and “Breakfast strips”
  27. Puzzle 27, 5×5 grid, 10 clues
  28. Puzzle 28, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “___ en place, everything prepped” and “It gets scrambled or poached”
  29. Puzzle 29, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Birthday dessert” and “Remove the middle of an apple”
  30. Puzzle 30, 6×6 grid, 12 clues. Themed clues: “Yellow part of an egg” and “Stir-fry pan”
  31. Puzzle 31, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Fry quickly in a little fat” and “Spiced Indian dish”
  32. Puzzle 32, 6×6 grid, 12 clues
  33. Puzzle 33, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Remove the stone from a cherry” and “Apple or pumpkin dessert”
  34. Puzzle 34, 6×6 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Sour yellow fruit” and “Measuring ___”
  35. Puzzle 35, 5×5 grid, 10 clues. Themed clues: “Remove the stone from a cherry” and “Apple or pumpkin dessert”

More Cooking clues to try

Six more clues from the Cooking word list, without their answers:

  • “Brown bread”
  • “Cook under direct heat”
  • “Like dessert”
  • “Where the dry goods live”
  • “Loosen pan bits with wine”
  • “Cooked with a little bite (2 words)”

Finding Cooking on the theme shelf

Open Theme Minis and press All the themes on the front page, then tap Cooking. The puzzles are spread over 3 pages, twelve to a page, each with a small picture of its grid. Pick one, fill the squares, and use Check or Reveal word if you get stuck; each adds half a minute to your time.

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Neighbours of Cooking on the shelf

All 29 themes are on the Theme Minis topics page. For a different daily game, see the Rewind trivia branches or the Stepword ladders.