Dessert that might get cut at New Year's parties — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the December 31 2024 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
CAKE
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
December 31 2024
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword December 31 2024
CAKE
Birthday party highlight
CAKE
4
"The Distance" band who seem like they may be suited to selling treats at a bake sale, with a name that is a classic birthday treat
CAKE
4
Tiered dessert at a wedding
CAKE
4
"___ by the Ocean," pop song by DNCE that a pastry chef might sing while frosting a chocolate sponge dessert
CAKE
4
Birthday party dessert
CAKE
4
(2/5) Ann the maid, says, "I was in the kitchen making a ___ (treat with icing) all morning and didn't have time to visit the mistress' chambers."
CAKE
4
It's a party favorite
CAKE
4
Birthday party centerpiece
CAKE
4
"Wait! Did you just solve that word like having a piece of ___? No doubt you're a Word Wizard!"
CAKE
4
Birthday party highlight
CAKE
4
Birthday essential
CAKE
4
Chiffon ___, dish invented in the 1920s that replaced butter with vegetable oil
CAKE
4
First digit in the year we're about to welcome: 2025
TWO
3
Alphabet-starting trio
ABC
3
Sound heard when opening a champagne bottle on New Year's
POP
3
Difficult situation (rhymes with "find")
BIND
4
"Woo-___! Here's to the new year!"
HOO
3
Sailor's "yes"
AYE
3
Poker pot starter
ANTE
4
Last three vowels
IOU
3
___-Z (group after millennials), for short
GEN
3
What you score in soccer or hockey, or resolutions that are set as a New Year's tradition
GOALS
5
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