CHRISTINA) TOSI, DESSERT CAN SAVE THE WORLD — [O]ur dirty dessert secrets … [o]n the surface … are just hilarious indulgences, but dig down … deeper than the whipped cream and cherry on top and you'll see that they are … reminders to cultivate and celebrate our inner selves.
[But that, right there, is why embracing [O]ur dirty dessert secrets [matters so much. ] on the surface [, they] are just hilarious indulgences, but dig down [a little] deeper than the whipped cream and cherry on top and you'll see that they are [powerful] reminders to cultivate and celebrate our inner selves [as fiercely as we do our LinkedIn profiles and Instagram feeds].
| A. | Mistake in basketball or football | TURNOVER |
| B. | Literary award founded in 1919 (2 wds.) | OHENRY |
| C. | Yen that might cause inflation? (2 wds.) | SWEETTOOTH |
| D. | Vulgar, licentious, shameful | INDECENT |
| E. | Pleasurable, as a piece of gossip | DELICIOUS |
| F. | Defenestrate, boot out | EJECT |
| G. | Pattern of radiating rays | STARBURST |
| H. | Result of a breakup with an archaeologist? | SHARD |
| I. | Attractive visuals (2 wds.) | EYECANDY |
| J. | Double-breasted jacket; joint | REEFER |
| K. | Monotonous sound | THRUM |
| L. | Relative of mousse | CUSTARD |
| M. | Controverted; fell out | ARGUED |
| N. | Settle in snugly | NESTLE |
| O. | Hide's underside | SUEDE |
| P. | Typically disciform autumn treat (2 wds.) | APPLETART |
| Q. | Eponym of an elementary set theory illustration | VENN |
| R. | Oblong comestible | ECLAIR |
| S. | Menu item whose name literally translates to "pick me up" in Italian | TIRAMISU |
| T. | American town with 100+ bell-shaped streetlights | HERSHEY |
| U. | "I've had it up to here!" | ENOUGH |
| V. | Head into a new phase | WANE |
| W. | Beyond excessive | OBSCENE |
| X. | Children's author who famously depicted factory life (2 wds.) | ROALDDAHL |
| Y. | Measure for a mixer, say | LITER |
| Z. | Confection made using liquid nitrogen (2 wds.) | DIPPINDOTS |