Side Dishes
by Sami Casanova
Each “Meal” word can be made out of two “Sides” words, plus an extra letter between them. The extra letters spell CONFLICT and KIMONO, EG which clue WAR and ROBE respectively. Inserting the extra letter D yields the final answer WARDROBE.
| Meal clue | Side | Letter | Side |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odds and ends category | CAT | C | HALL |
| Formless | INCH | O | ATE |
| Heater | FUR | N | ACE |
| Briefcase | PORT | F | OLIO |
| Embed | IMP | L | ANT |
| Mixture | COMB | I | NATION |
| Type of power or family | NU | C | LEAR |
| Liqueur | CHAR | T | REUSE |
| Ocean drifters | PLAN | K | TON |
| Barbershop activity | HARMON | I | ZING |
| Certain European [var.] | LUXE | M | BURGER |
| Like a pawn in chess | PROM | O | TABLE |
| Weather phenomenon | TOR | N | ADO |
| ! | FACT | O | RIAL |
| Curious | INTER | E | STING |
| Grazing area | RAN | G | ELAND |
| Side clue | Side |
|---|---|
| Actor Mark | HARMON |
| Antelope | ELAND |
| Big dance | PROM |
| Brat | IMP |
| Burn | CHAR |
| Bury | INTER |
| Consumed | ATE |
| Cool one | CAT |
| Country | NATION |
| Currency unit | RIAL |
| Dashed | RAN |
| Employ again | REUSE |
| Expert | ACE |
| Greek letter | NU |
| Harbor | PORT |
| Hodgepodge | OLIO |
| Imperial measurement | INCH |
| Insect | ANT |
| Item you can part with | COMB |
| Kerfuffle | ADO |
| Kick | ZING |
| Long passage | HALL |
| One-named musician | STING |
| Pelt | FUR |
| Postpone | TABLE |
| Rocky peak | TOR |
| Scheme | PLAN |
| Shakespearean role | LEAR |
| Slew | TON |
| Sumptuous | LUXE |
| Truth | FACT |
| Warren's successor | BURGER |