| CUSTARD | On top of dessert, a crust plastered in sauce |
| TACO | Part of dessert a cook presented? Hardly! (4) |
| SEMIFREDDO | Cold sweet provided, as cherry on top of dessert, some failing to eat it? (10) |
| LATH | Strip of wood plastered in a traditional building process |
| MINCEMEAT | "And for dessert, a slice of ___ pie." |
| LOOFAH | Send back dessert, a hot sort of sponge (6) |
| SORBET | A frozen dessert, a flavoured water ice (6) |
| TRIFLE | Cold dessert, a thing of little value (6) |
| PUMPKINPIE | US dessert, a symbol of harvest time (7,3) |
| MILITARY | Forces Mary to take in one that's plastered in a casual way (8) |
| AMNESIA | Forgetfulness of men plastered in Asia |
| LUBRICATE | A bit cruel to get plastered in oil? (9) |
| MAYO | Equerry's rump plastered in red sauce (4) |
| TRATTORIA | Restaurant having upended dessert, a riot breaking out |
| TARTUFO | Chocolate dessert, a pastry one inexplicably appearing |
| DESCARTES | I thought dessert a shambles (cold inside) |
| APRIL | Pair tucks into French garlic dessert, a possibility for 1/4 (5,4) |
| FOOL | Pair tucks into French garlic dessert, a possibility for 1/4 (5,4) |
| APRILFOOL | Pair tucks into French garlic dessert, a possibility for 1/4 |
| SWEETTOOWE | Tendency to indulge in desserts, a la "Groundhog Day"? |
