Cakes, Crumbs and Cuisine
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Mussolini's title
Catchy song part
Blades underfoot
Shell-shaped sponge
Flaky flatbreads
This very person
Incredibly tasty
Church bread plate
Sound of disgust
Blow your mind
Bottles vintages
What a nose detects
A Southern pea
A warm nickname
Item up for auction
Found in proteins
Renter in a lease
Drenched in sun
Really out there
Scam or prison stay
Strands on your head
Repeated crowd shout
Hired gun for cash
You, in old verses
Old mass unit
Pomace brandy
Mother, for short
Avoid on purpose
Squish into a mess
Icy milk treat
Where you shop
She … the manager
Sets job rules
Stay true to you
Big Blue in tech
Flag is pale blue
Common table sugar
Tiny but mighty bug
Cakes, Crumbs and Cuisine — Solution
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Mussolini's title
D
Catchy song part
Blades underfoot
C
Shell-shaped sponge
M
Flaky flatbreads
This very person
P
Incredibly tasty
D
Church bread plate
P
Sound of disgust
U
G
H
Blow your mind
Bottles vintages
A
M
A
Z
E
What a nose detects
A
A Southern pea
A warm nickname
C
R
O
W
D
E
R
Item up for auction
L
O
T
D
E
A
R
I
E
Found in proteins
A
M
I
D
E
Renter in a lease
Drenched in sun
Really out there
S
U
N
L
I
T
Scam or prison stay
C
O
N
L
E
S
S
E
E
Strands on your head
H
A
I
R
Repeated crowd shout
Hired gun for cash
X
You, in old verses
Old mass unit
Pomace brandy
M
I
N
A
Mother, for short
O
Avoid on purpose
C
H
I
T
M
A
N
Squish into a mess
S
M
U
S
H
Icy milk treat
Where you shop
S
H
A
K
E
She … the manager
Sets job rules
Stay true to you
O
S
H
A
S
T
O
R
E
Big Blue in tech
I
B
M
Flag is pale blue
U
N
Common table sugar
S
U
C
R
O
S
E
Tiny but mighty bug
A
N
T
Cakes, Crumbs and Cuisine — The notes
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- DUCEMussolini's titleDuce is Italian for leader, the title Benito Mussolini used as Fascist Italy's dictator before his death in 1945.
- CHORUSCatchy song partA chorus is the repeated part of a song that comes back after each verse, often the catchiest bit.
- GRASSBlades underfootGrass is the green plant covering lawns and fields, cut regularly to keep it tidy.
- MADELEINEShell-shaped spongeA madeleine is a small shell-shaped French sponge cake, famously described by Marcel Proust.
- PARATHASFlaky flatbreadsParathas are flaky Indian flatbreads, cooked on a griddle and often layered with ghee.
- METhis very personMe is the object pronoun a speaker uses to refer to themselves, as in 'give it to me'.
- DELICIOUSIncredibly tastyDelicious describes food or drink that tastes wonderfully good.
- PATENChurch bread plateA paten is the small plate used in church to hold the bread during communion.
- UGHSound of disgustUgh is an interjection expressing disgust, frustration or annoyance.
- AMAZEBlow your mindAmaze means to fill someone with great wonder or surprise.
- WINEMAKERBottles vintagesA winemaker is someone who turns harvested grapes into wine, overseeing fermentation and aging.
- ODORWhat a nose detectsOdor is a smell, often a strong or unpleasant one that lingers in the air.
- CROWDERA Southern peaA crowder is a type of Southern pea, a bean related to black-eyed peas, used in Southern cooking.
- DEARIEA warm nicknameDearie is an old-fashioned, affectionate way of addressing someone, often used by grandparents.
- LOTItem up for auctionA lot, at an auction, is a single item or group of items being sold.
- AMIDEFound in proteinsAn amide is a nitrogen-containing chemical group found in proteins, linking amino acids together.
- LESSEERenter in a leaseA lessee is the person who rents property under a lease, paying the owner for its use.
- SUNLITDrenched in sunSunlit describes a place filled with sunshine, bright and warm.
- EXISTSReally out thereExists means something is real and actually present in the world.
- CONScam or prison stayCon can mean a dishonest scam, or informally a stay in prison as a convict.
- HAIRStrands on your headHair is the strands that grow from the skin, especially covering the head.
- CHANTRepeated crowd shoutA chant is a rhythmic phrase repeated aloud, often shouted together by a crowd.
- HITMANHired gun for cashA hitman is someone hired to kill a target for payment, a staple of crime fiction.
- THOUYou, in old versesThou is an old English word for 'you', common in Shakespeare and the Bible.
- MINAOld mass unitA mina was an ancient Greek unit of weight and money, used across the Mediterranean world.
- MARCPomace brandyMarc is a brandy distilled from the leftover grape skins and seeds after winemaking.
- MOMMother, for shortMom is a casual, affectionate word for mother.
- SHUNAvoid on purposeShun means to deliberately avoid someone or something.
- SMUSHSquish into a messSmush is an informal word meaning to squash or mash something together.
- SHAKEIcy milk treatA shake, short for milkshake, is a cold, thick drink blended from milk and ice cream.
- STOREWhere you shopA store is a shop where goods are sold to customers.
- ISShe … the managerIs is the present-tense form of 'be' used with he, she or it.
- OSHASets job rulesOSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, sets and enforces US workplace safety rules.
- BEStay true to youBe is the base verb meaning to exist, as in the phrase 'to be yourself'.
- IBMBig Blue in techIBM is a major American tech company nicknamed Big Blue, known for early computers and now AI.
- UNFlag is pale blueThe UN is the United Nations, whose flag is pale blue with a white world map and olive branches.
- SUCROSECommon table sugarSucrose is the chemical name for common table sugar, made from sugarcane or sugar beets.
- ANTTiny but mighty bugAn ant is a small insect that lives in large colonies and can carry loads many times its weight.