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Across 2. the seeds of a species of hickory native to Old Mexico 5. the drupe of the Cocos nucifera tree 7. a diapsid characterized by a bony or cartilaginous shell 10. the Chinese call it “the great yellow” and have grown its roots for medicinal purposes for thousands of years 13. high jumping ancient insects that fortunately are not found in their namesake pie 17. a pie made with meat and potatoes 18. a brand of corn chips 22. to compress something into small folds or ridges 23. one of only three berries native to North America first harvested commercially in Maine during the Civil War to feed soldiers 24. a usually broad, shallow, and open container used in cooking 25. a mixture of chopped dried fruit, distilled spirits and spices, and sometimes beef suet, beef, or venison. 26. a cylindrical food preparation utensil often made of wood 27. the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus

Down 1. when a pie is not sweet it’s called this 3. Nothing is more American than this sweet, edible fruit 4. bright red fruit of the genus Fragaria 6. a traditional Filipino baked young:coconut (malauhog) custard pie 8. a two player strategy board game based on the Indian game chaturanga 9. flour or meal and a liquid such as milk or water 11. containing minced red meet, gravy and vegetables, topped with mashed potatoes 12. molasses pie hopefully free of any Musca domestica 14. an English dessert pie made from bananas, cream and toffee 15. milk or cream thickened during cooking with egg yolk 16. something you put inside a pie crust 19. made from the inner bark of certain trees. 20. made from whipped egg whites and sugar 21. a cultivar of a squash plant, most commonly of Cucurbita pepo 22. the outer, hard skin of pastries, often made of fat, water, flour and salt