| PASTRYCOOK | Chef or patissier who specialises in cakes, choux, dough, filo, piecrust, shortcrust, tarts and the like (10) |
| ASHER | Actress turned patissier who was engaged to Paul McCartney in the Sixties; her film repertoire includes The Greengage Summer, Alfie and The Buttercup Chain (5) |
| PIECE | The portion of tart and the ice I leave (5) |
| PASTRYCOOKS | Term for chefs or culinarians specialising in bakes, Danish-style cakes, dough, filo, pate a choux, piecrusts, puffs, tarts, viennoiseries and all other such patisserie (11) |
| ECLAIR | Pastry made with choux dough |
| ECLAIRS | Pastries made with choux dough |
| GINGER | Spice derived from the rhizome of a plant related to turmeric, used powdered in cakes and biscuits, fresh in curries and stir-fries or preserved in syrup (6) |
| RASPBERRIES | Cane fruits seasonal between May and November, used for pavlova, summer puddings or the jam for Bakewell tarts and coconut sponge cakes (11) |
| PASTRY | Puff, filo, flaky, choux, shortcrust ... mixture of flour and butter used for recipes including pasties and pies (6) |
| PATISSIER | French word for a chef or cook specialising in pate brisee, a choux, feuilletee, sablee, sucree and all other doughs forming the basis of delicacies including chouquettes, galettes, mille-feuille, pro |
| STARTINGPOSTS | Where they begin tossing out all the tarts and a quarter of the pies? (8,5) |
| SIGNATURE | ____ dish, one that is a speciality in the repertoire of a specific chef or restaurant (9) |
| GANACHE | Smooth mixture of equal parts chocolate and cream heated and stirred together, used in cakes and confectionery (7) |
| BAKEOFF | Contest in which cooks/patissiers prepare bread or cakes for judging (7) |
| NAKED | Bare as Jamie the chef or the truth |
| FRANGIPANE | Almond-flavoured cream or paste used in cakes and pastries (10) |
| CASTERSUGAR | Used to put in cakes, teas and rugs to go out in car (6,5) |
| SHORTCRUST | Variety of pastry used for pies, pasties, quiches, tarts and flans (10) |
| CHEF | General word for a professional cook, or one with a specialist role such as entremetier, garde manger, patissier, poissonier or saucier (4) |
| LANLARD | Baking Mad patissier and chef, Eric _ (7) |
