| STRAWBERRY | Shortcake fruit |
| TRACKSHOE | Cooked shortcake assumed to go fast |
| ATE | Made short work of shortcake, say |
| DOLL | Strawberry Shortcake, e.g. |
| DOYLY | *Raggedy Ann or Strawberry Shortcake, tenderly |
| DESSERT | Shortcake or mousse |
| EGGIER | Like shortcake, compared to shortbread, usually |
| PIECE | Shortcake serving |
| MRC | Shortcake's dad, to Fonzie |
| LINCOLN | A city in England, a sheep breed, a shortcake biscuit, or a US president (7) |
| GASCONY | French region once happy to eat shortcake (7) |
| ICEE | Frozen drink company that introduced a Strawberry Shortcake flavor in 2016 |
| ARTICHOKES | Shortcake I prepared to eat with the meal (10) |
| LEMONMERINGUE | Lime Chiffon's friend in "Strawberry Shortcake" |
| DODGER | A shirker; a shifty dishonest person or trickster; a canvas weather screen on a ship; or, with "Jammie", a shortcake sandwich biscuit (6) |
| PASTRAMI | Sliced food, shortcake could I be? (8) |
| SHOCKRESISTANT | Small shortcake tins amazingly unaffected by impact (5,9) |
| FINGERS | Maybe crossed for luck, green, lady-like or pointing, but all digits to whose shape long chocolate-dipped or shortcake biscuits are likened (7) |
| EMPIREBISCUIT | Originating in Scotland, jam-filled shortcake slices with icing and a cherry on top (6,7) |
| ASKS | Wonders why Hector leaves shortcakes? (4) |
