Across
- 3. Word meaning generosity or abundance
- 4. Outer edge of a pie
- 5. Sauce that can make or ruin the mashed potatoes
- 6. Wisconsin town known as the “Cranberry Capital of the World”
- 9. Woman whose decades of lobbying created the national holiday
- 10. Culinary category predating colonization
- 13. Season of falling leaves and rising appetites
- 14. Colony where the 1621 Thanksgiving was held
- 15. Modern variation on the holiday with chosen family
- 17. What the cornucopia represents
- 19. Spirit of joyful celebration
- 20. Ground ingredient in spoonbread and cornbread
- 21. A large celebratory meal
- 25. The art of balance between salt, herbs, and taste
- 26. Early colonist who traveled for religious freedom
- 32. Culinary innovation born on Black Friday
- 35. Berry native to North America, often made into sauce
- 40. Patuxet man who taught settlers to cultivate corn
- 42. What most Thanksgiving casseroles qualify as
- 44. Kitchen tool standing between comfort and catastrophe
- 45. Traditional centerpiece bird of the Thanksgiving table
- 47. Two-word phrase expressing gratitude
- 49. Things counted after the meal
- 50. What’s left after the meal
- 51. Relating to the historical period of early settlements
- 52. Root vegetable often topped with marshmallows
- 53. British festival celebrating the end of reaping season
- 54. Organ meats used in traditional stuffing
- 55. Designer’s term for an artful holiday dinner setting
Down
- 1. President who made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863
- 2. Term for a holiday rooted in both civic and religious traditions
- 3. Shopping event that follows the holiday
- 6. Beverage pressed from apples, served hot or cold
- 7. Indigenous crop central to early colonial feasts
- 8. Southern staple made with nuts and corn syrup
- 11. Oven-baked mixture of ingredients bound by nostalgia
- 12. Month when Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S.
- 15. Colloquial term for post-Thanksgiving lethargy
- 16. Metaphor for easy success — or literal boat for sauce
- 18. Side dish also known as “dressing” in parts of the South
- 22. Source for predicting harvest and weather patterns
- 23. The best part of the weekend after Thanksgiving
- 24. Amino acid famously blamed for post-feast drowsiness
- 27. Adjective describing potatoes beaten into creamy submission
- 28. Vegetable family including acorn and butternut varieties
- 29. Poultry within poultry within poultry
- 30. Annual movement of both birds and in-laws
- 31. Editor who petitioned for a national Thanksgiving observance
- 33. Weather warning for late harvests and early diners alike
- 34. Coveted leg portion of the turkey
- 36. Southern cornmeal dish with pudding-like texture
- 37. Classic dessert flavored with cinnamon and nutmeg
- 38. Tribe that shared the first Thanksgiving meal
- 39. Old-school appetizer platter once on every 1970s table
- 41. Symbol of abundance often depicted overflowing with fruit
- 43. Sound made by a tom
- 46. Ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World
- 48. Seasonal celebration predating the Pilgrims’ feast