After Breakfast
◆ · By ajk · Published 2023-12-10T05:00:41.810Z
Meta Prompt
The meta answer is a common breakfast item
Happy Sunday. :)
This one popped into my head, unsurprisingly, while consuming the meta answer. 
There's not that much too it, but hopefully it will provide some Sunday morning entertainment.
There's not that much too it, but hopefully it will provide some Sunday morning entertainment.Thanks to Abide and Wendy Walker for test solving, and for some design suggestions that removed some possible red herrings and some of the jungle covering the trailhead. Thanks to Joe Ross and MarkWoychick for tech support.
Thanks to Joe Ross and MarkWoychick for tech support.Nudges:
Some of the clues have something in common that might put you in mind of the title, at least generally
Breakfast usually contains food
Eight symmetrical acrosses all have food-related clues, and those are the only food-related clues in the puzzle (hence the more obscure clue for 20D)
The first word of the title is significant
Can you think of a word that might go 'after' the themers on the left? How about the ones on the right?
Part of 23A is an (admittedly unintentional) Easter egg that might point you toward the answer
Checking for previous play data...
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Casserole container, say
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Across
- 1ACasserole container, say
- 5AApples and oranges
- 10ALeer at
- 11AWoodward who married Newman
- 12AEquine youth
- 13AExpecting old failures?
- 14ACommon method for preparing chicken
- 16AOne common soup size
- 17ACertain shades of brown
- 20AThey're easier to touch when young
- 22ASmall water vessel
- 23AModern newsletter platform
- 25APeanut or canola
- 26ADessert, sometimes
- 30ATV type or blood component
- 33AEastern European
- 34AIrish province with a Victorian coat named after it
- 35AChaplin of "Game of Thrones"
- 36A___ Rabbit Organics (baby food source)
- 37ATuna, halibut, or salmon
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- 1DRemove, as a hat
- 2DCommon lab assistant?
- 3DKill
- 4DFamous DNA shapes
- 5DYou might get a thick one in London?
- 6DCharlotte or Norma
- 7DOne letter stands for Children
- 8DInjury companion, sometimes
- 9DShort-term staff
- 11DNHL star Jaromir, with matching initials
- 15DCondé ____ (media company and apparently actual person's name)
- 18DCommon support structure
- 19DInterprets as
- 20DArmor that protects the thigh and hip
- 21DRussian administrative division that sounds like a mild British oath
- 23DBlot, in a way
- 24D"The bus is late again!? Man, I really need ____"
- 27D"Time Machine" race that gets all the crossword love (poor Morlocks)
- 28DWithout, as typeface flourishes
- 29D"Best day ____!" (slang also found in a Cole Porter title)
- 31DJeanne d'Arc, for one
- 32DMal de ____ (seasickness)
PANand theCAKEparts but think I could use more of a spell-it-out!