Dining in D.C. Crossword Answer Key

This month in our crossword we take a tour of popular D.C. restaurants and foods. You’ll receive a mouth-watering selection of clues that will appeal to your mind as well as your tastes. It’s been created by a top crossword writer, Myles Mellor, who specializes in writing crosswords on themes. Bon appetit!

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1. Searching widely for food FORAGING

7. Got together MET

10. Songs that “Say So Much,” to Sir Elton SAD

11. “I am woman, hear me ___!” Helen Reddy ROAR

12. D.C.’s restaurant awards RAMMYS

14. Not cooked RAW

16. Jungfrau or Weisshorn ALP

18. Large deer for a stew ELK

19. Part of a cry from Scrooge BAH 

20. ____ Kitchen, a- D.C. food incubator in Ivy City UNION

21. Corn section EAR

22. Arrange SET

23. Popular Korean American supermarket chain HMART

26. Check TAB

27. Start! GO

28. D.C.’s condiment and a Latin American dance, two2 words MAMBOSAUCE

30. Pumpkin ____ CURRY

33. Avocado ____ TOAST

36. Screeners at Dulles, abbr. TSA

37. U street restaurant institution, three3 words BENSCHILIBOWL

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2. Pizzazz OOMPH

3. D.C.’s newest LGBTQIA+ cafe/bar/dance boutique, four4 words ASYOUAREBAR

4. ____light district GAS

5. It’s checked at club doors ID

6. Salad bar stuff GREENS

7. Union ____, a: D.C. food hall with 40+ vendors MARKET

8. Stat for Patrick Corbin ERA

9. Chesapeake blues CRABS

13. Peruvian pollo ___ brasa ALA

15. ____ Central Kitchen, a nonprofit devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters WORLD

17. Dry martini ingredient GIN

23. Western omelet ingredient HAM

24. Biz degree, abbr. MBA

25. U.S. Senate ____ soup BEAN

27. Dolcezza serving GELATO

29. Pretty flowery topping for some desserts and salads PETAL

31. Big coffee pot URN

32. Derisive cry YAH

33. ___ tip at a BBQ TRI

34. Blue Plains in relation to D.C. (compass point) SSW

35. Dieter’s concern, abbr. LB

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Myles Mellor