The clues are standard cryptic clues, each with one extra word ("some extra ingredients"):
| Clue | Extra word | Explanation | Answer |
|---|---|---|---|
| British fare opposed in lower southeast (5) | Lower | S(con)E | SCONE |
| Jolie opens movie season (4) | Opens | double definition | SALT |
| Undressing hero is also mid-change, losing shirt (8) | Undressing | s(and)witch - T | SANDWICH |
| Patti LaBelle's lady made to conceal short arm and a leg at first (9) | Short | m(arm + a + l)ade | MARMALADE |
| Simon and Garfunkel once walked cat and mouse (3 3 5) | Walked | double definition | TOM AND JERRY |
| Heck yeah, show assets off (3 3) | Assets | double definition | HOT DOG |
| Southern university's cutting labor cost up front (4) | Labor | price - P | RICE |
| Runner having mostly devour'd chopped liver canape (4 1'6) | Liver | hors (d'oeuvr) e | HORS D'OEUVRE |
| Branch campuses push right...it stinks (9) | Campuses | limb + urge + r | LIMBURGER |
| Glass Animals song rearranging nine great instruments (9) | Instruments | nine great | TANGERINE |
| Yes, any sample called for is dessert (7) | Any | sure, bit | SHERBET |
The initials of the extra words ("your initial search") spell LOU'S WALL CIA. This is a reference to an art installation at the Culinary Institute of America called "gastrotypographicalassemblage", which is affectionately known as "Lou's Wall" after Lou Dorfsman, the man who designed it.
Each answer appears on one of the boxes on the wall in the same font as its clue (or a reasonable approximation of that font) and the orientation that the clue is in. Locate the word on the wall (the words are in left-to-right order), then move the number of words in the direction indicated in brackets.
Using the final number in brackets as an index, extract letters from the new words to spell MYSTERY MEAT.
| Answer | Movement | Ends on | Index | Extracted letter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SCONE | right 1 | LIME | 3 | M |
| SALT | up 1 | SUKI YAKI | 5 | Y |
| SANDWICH | down 2 | ROAST | 4 | S |
| MARMALADE | right 1 | STRUDEL | 2 | T |
| TOM AND JERRY | down 2 | OATMEAL | 5 | E |
| HOT DOG | up 2 | PORK | 3 | R |
| RICE | up 1 | THYME | 3 | Y |
| HORS D'OEUVRE | down 1 | MATZOH | 1 | M |
| LIMBURGER | right 3 | BEEF | 2 | E |
| TANGERINE | right 1 | COGNAC | 5 | A |
| SHERBET | down 1 | WATERMELON | 3 | T |
