| TOFU | Mapo ___ (Sichuan dish that, surprisingly, isn't usually vegan) |
| SNOWPEA | Vegetable that, despite its name, isn't usually planted in the winter |
| CAESARSALAD | Meal that, surprisingly, isn't named for a general |
| OSAGEORANGE | Inedible fruit that surprisingly isn't a citrus |
| ZETA | Greek letter that surprisingly isn't last |
| DANDAN | ___ noodles (Sichuan dish with a repetitive name) |
| MAPOTOFU | Classic Sichuan dish made with bean curd |
| KUNGPAO | ___ chicken (spicy Sichuan dish) |
| MAPO | ___ tofu: spicy Sichuan dish |
| OSCAR | Prize that, surprisingly, contains a large amount of tin |
| GYRATION | Twist that surprisingly brings Tory gain (8) |
| HURON | River that, surprisingly, feeds Lake Erie |
| NEST | Home that, surprisingly, doesn't appear in the short film "Robin, Robin" |
| BANANA | Fruit that, surprisingly, is slightly radioactive |
| EMOJI | Word that surprisingly has no etymological relation to "emoticon" |
| RESTIVE | Word that surprisingly means unrelaxed |
| JAY | Bird that, surprisingly, doesn't have any blue pigments in its feathers |
| WOKS | Pans for making mapo tofu |
| CHINA | Mapo doufu's country of origin |
| STRAINER | Kitchen utensil, surprisingly, isn't rare (8) |
