| MACARON | French meringue-based confection (7) |
| MACAROON | With a similar name to that of a French meringue-based confection, a biscuit of egg whites, ground almonds/coconut and sugar (8) |
| TRUFFLE | Round, chocolate-based confection (7) |
| PAVLOVA | Meringue-based dessert cake (7) |
| HALVA | Sesame-based confection |
| MARZIPAN | Almond-based confection |
| ANNAPAVLOVA | Russian ballerina after whom a meringue-based dessert was named (4,7) |
| KENDALMINTCAKE | Sugar-based confection originating from a Cumbrian town and used as a source of energy by climbers and mountaineers (6,4,4) |
| SIMNELCAKE | Marzipan-based confection usually baked for, and consumed, over the Easter period (6,4) |
| BAKEDALASKA | Meringue-based dessert (5,6) |
| ETONMESS | Meringue-based dessert (4,4) |
| CHOCOLATES | Cheats about cool cocoa based confections |
| KISS | A drop of sealing wax; a bite-sized melt-in-the-mouth meringue-based biscuit; or, osculation depicted in a painting by Gustav Klimt (4) |
| NEST | A twiggy, feathered or meringue-based structure in which to sit a clutch of eggs, brood of chicks or selection of seasonal berries (4) |
| REGIMEN | Turn away from bizarre meringue diet (7) |
| WHISKED | Fluffed, like meringue |
| TEACAKE | Italian meringue in chocolate sounds like timber gnawing (3,4) |
| KEYLIME | Green citrus fruit prized for its unique tartness and aroma, especially in the context of the iconic meringue pie that bears its name (3,4) |
| ALBUMEN | Humpty Dumpty's contribution to meringue presumably has lots of shots - and one that's not entirely knocked back (7) |
| CREMECARAMEL | Basket containing disposable camera and bit of meringue for sweet (5,7) |
