| PIKELET | Small cake or a little fish? |
| GEM | Precious stone or jewel; little cake; or, a small variety of cos lettuce (3) |
| SHINER | A black eye or a small fish |
| MUFFIN | A cup-shaped sweet cake or a small round flatbread |
| BUN | Small cake or fruited confection such as a teacake; dialect or playful name for a rabbit or squirrel; hare's scut; or, a chignon-like hairstyle of an equestrian or a ballerina (3) |
| 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) |
| DAINTY | From "choice morsel, pleasure", a noun for a delicacy such as a little cake or fancy; or, an adjective that means delicately petite and pretty (6) |
| SPARKLER | Hand-held firework used in place of a candle in a celebration cake; or a word for a diamond or a glass of champagne (8) |
| MOGGY | A pet form of "Margaret" that is given as a nickname to a cat, a cow, a ginger cake or a scarecrow (5) |
| POSY | From an old word for verse collectively, a small floral bouquet, nosegay or tussie mussie, often given as a gift; or, a little motto or sentiment inscribed inside a ring (4) |
| CRIB | A model in a Nativity scene of the manger in which the infant Jesus Christ was laid at birth; a wicker basket; a cowshed for oxen; a bin for grain; a card game developed from noddy; or, a little bed f |
| TIN | Metal once mined in Cornwall or Devon; or, a vessel in which a cake or a loaf of bread is baked (3) |
| LOG | A fallen tree trunk; a bulky piece of firewood; pertaining to said timber's shape or inertia, a rolled roulade-like cake; or, a blockhead (3) |
| SCOOSH | Onomatopoeic word echoing the sound of a quick effortless splash, spritz, spurt or squirt of liquid, thus used to mean a cinch, doddle or piece of cake; or, a fizzy drink such as lemonade (6) |
| SPRAT | Odds on a small rodent catching a little fish (5) |
| BHAJI | Indian snack or entree consisting of a small cake or ball of vegetables deep-fried in batter (5) |
| PERCH | Branch upon which a bird sleeps standing up; or, according to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a 'bold biting fish' to be caught with a minnow or a little frog (5) |
| WISP | A flight or flock of snipe; a bundle of hay or straw for shining a horse's coat; or, a little broom (4) |
| SNIP | A bargain; a cinch; a single cut with a pair of scissors; or, a little white patch on a horse's nose (4) |
| BANANA | Plantain-like fruit or berry used to flavour a variety of sponge cake or a pudding with a caramel filling (6) |
