Across
- 4. The most common ice cream flavour (7)
- 8. A bite of one of these can blow your head off (6,6)
- 10. These little black spices can be studded into oranges to make pomanders (6)
- 11. Faces are carved into this for Halloween (7)
- 12. The Americans love to eat these with maple syrup (5,4)
- 16. Mashed, boiled, roasted, fried - we love them! (8)
- 17. Little boxes of these dried fruits are a lunchbox favourite (7)
- 18. Little yellow kernels bought frozen in bags or eaten fresh from the cob (4)
Down
- 1. This import famously rotted Elizabeth I's teeth (5)
- 2. Salt's partner in the centre of the table (5,6)
- 3. Organ-shaped pulse used by Mexicans in chilli con carne (6,5)
- 5. Rings of this are lovely in an upside-down cake (9)
- 6. This spice can be bought ground or as curled pieces of wood (8)
- 7. This little nut is often spread on toast (6)
- 8. Often found behind the windows of our advent calendars today (9)
- 9. We love to squirt this fruit on our chips (8)
- 13. Slimy, green pear used in guacamole (7)
- 14. Used to make ________bread houses at Christmas (6)
- 15. A curly nut often served honey-roasted (6)