| CORNISHPASTY | A small pie filled with meat and vegetables, given protected status by the European Commission in 2011 (7,5) |
| MACONOCHIE | Tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War I (10) |
| URSULA | ____ von der Leyen, German politician elected President of the European Commission in 2019 (6) |
| PARSNIP | Vegetable given average cut (7) |
| CORNISH | Type of pasty, filled with meat and vegetables, with a crimped edge (7) |
| ENCHILADA | A Mexican dish consisting of a fried tortilla filled with meat and served with a chilli sauce (9) |
| ECCLES | Small round pie filled with currants and named after a Lancashire town, _ cake (6) |
| PATTY | A little pie; a burger-like cake of mince etc; or, in the US, a chocolate-covered peppermint cream (5) |
| BEAVERS | Creatures given protected status in Scotland in 2016 (7) |
| PATTYPAN | Central to a Beatrix Potter tale, a dish or tin in which to bake a little pie or cake; or, a miniature scalloped cymling squash, resembling this (8) |
| PARMAHAM | Food product from northern Italy given protected status in 1996 (5,3) |
| LISTED | Last element in national diet's mistakenly given protected status? (6) |
| PLO | Grp. given observer status by the U.N. in 1974 |
| TURNOVER | A small pie made by folding the crust (8) |
| RAMEN | Japanese dish of thin white noodles served in a clear broth with meat and vegetables (5) |
| ECCLESCAKE | Flaky pastry pie filled with currants, named after a Greater Manchester town (6,4) |
| PRESTON | Administrative centre of Lancashire, granted city status by the Queen in 2002 (7) |
| SOUTHEND | Place in Essex that will soon be granted city status by The Queen (8) |
| STEW | Meal with meat and vegetables all cooked together in a pot (4) |
| EUCLID | Space telescope launched by the European Space Agency in July 2023 to study dark matter and dark energy (6) |
