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noun • small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | ||||
| 48% | 5 | Doughy cake with cream and jam (or jam and cream) | ||
noun • small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle | ||||
| 47% | 5 | Thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon for “fire” due to its hollow stems used to blow air on embers, the tree Sambucus, with berries/flowers used for cordial, jam, pressé and wine | ||
noun • a person who is older than you are • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit • any of various church officers adjective satellite • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | ||||
Thought To Derive From Early Dutch For Fine Bread Baked Rounds Or Quadrants Of Plain Or Fruited Dough Subject To A Long Running Debate As To Whether Said Cakes Are Spread With Jam First Or Cream
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SCONES which was last seen in the Telegraph Giant General Knowledge crossword.
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7 | Thought to derive from the Anglo-Saxon for “fire” due to its hollow stems used to blow air on embers, the tree Sambucus, with berries/flowers used for cordial, jam, pressé and wine
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