| 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) |
| TART | Sweet or savoury quiche- or flan-like dish with a pastry case baked blind (4) |
| ESPRIT | Goblin's uplifting base wit |
| ROULADE | French culinary word for a sweet or savoury dish in the form of a Swiss roll or galantine (7) |
| CUSTARD | A mixture of eggs and milk used as a pudding sauce or baked in a pastry case for a quiche or tart (7) |
| CATKIN | From the Dutch meaning "kitten", a word for a fluffy ament of a willow tree or an inflorescence such as a "lamb's-tail" of a hazel or a "devil's finger" of a black poplar (6) |
| CLAMP | Word related to the name of a mollusc for a mechanical vice that also means a heap of root vegetables; a stack of bricks; or, a car immobiliser (5) |
| SLOE | Old English word related to the Latin "be blue" and the Croatian "plum" for the bullace-like fruit of the blackthorn, traditionally infused in gin or used for jam or hedgerow jelly (4) |
| TRIP | From the early Dutch meaning 'to skip, hop', a word for a stumble; a light and lively foot movement; or, an excursion/journey for pleasure |
| COOKIE | Scottish word for a plain bun; or, from the Dutch meaning "little cake", any sweet biscuit (6) |
| LIFE | Word, related to the German for "body", for one's course of existence; fauna and flora collectively; a painting of a real, rather than imaginary, model; or, a biography (4) |
| SCONE | Derived either from the Dutch meaning "beautiful bread" or the name of the stone upon which Scottish kings were crowned, a cake that became part of a cream tea (5) |
| ACORN | Word, related to the name of a cereal crop and of a unit of land, for any wild fruit or nut originally, later a specific cupule-borne forest fruit, squirrel snack and chief form of pig mast from which |
| IVORY | Based on a Latin word related to the Egyptian for "elephant", the creamy-white dentine composing the tusks of said mammal (5) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| LANDSCAPE | Derived from the Dutch meaning "tract of land", a painting, sketch or photograph depicting natural scenery, the former often en plein air (9) |
| YACHT | Word, derived from the Dutch meaning "fast pirate ship", for a light sailing-vessel (5) |
| SALT | Word, related to the name of a highly seasoned Italian sausage and a cold dish of vegetables, for sodium chloride, prepared as a condiment (4) |
| PUDDING | A sausage-like mass originally, later a sweet or savoury steamed dish such as clootie dumpling, roly-poly, spotted dick or suet pastry pie (7) |
