| TORTE | Cake or tart, Austrian in origin (5) |
| SAMOA | Country, in origin, somewhere around Micronesia or Australia (5) |
| APPLE | Cider or tart |
| BANJO | African in origin, this instrument was popularized in the United States by enslaved people in the 19th century. It has a tambourine-like body with a hoop and a screw that secure the vellum belly to th |
| ROBOT | Automaton that's British in origin (5) |
| CRAIG | First player sent off in Origin match, -- Greenhill (5) |
| GREEN | Classic car colour - British in origin (6,5) |
| COYNE | Maroons centre earmed place in Origin folklore with 1994 "miracle" try (5) |
| MAORI | Like the haka dance, in origin |
| ROTAS | "____ opera tenet Arepo sator", a word-square probably Christian in origin; wheels |
| GLYPH | Mayan carving guessed likely Yucatec - perhaps Honduran in origins |
| VINEGAR | Based on the Latin for "wine" and "sour", sharp- or tart-tasting acidic "acetum" or "eisel" used as a condiment or pickling medium; or, by extension, bitterness or sourness of countenance, speech or t |
| FLAN | Word related to the Dutch meaning "custard" for a sweet or savoury quiche or tart; a sponge base with a fruit topping; or, a blank coin or planchet in numismatics (4) |
| VIENNESE | Austrian in a whirl? (8) |
| MENDEL | Modern genetics derive from the experiments of this 19th-century Austrian in his abbey garden (6) |
| CUSTARD | A mixture of eggs and milk used as a pudding sauce or baked in a pastry case for a quiche or tart (7) |
| IMPORT | Bring in from pimp or tart (6) |
| QUICHE | From the German for "cake", a flan or tart with a savoury custard filling, such as the broad bean, spinach and tarragon variety selected by King Charles III and Queen Camilla as the official Coronatio |
| PASTRY | Articles of food made of flour or dough collectively; the dough itself; a small individual cinnamon bun, eclair, gateau, millefeuille, puff, slice or other fancy; or, the crust of a galette des rois, |
| DESSERT | Torte or tart, for example |
