The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STOLLEN
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More clues leading to the result STOLLEN
- Liberal tucking into hot and fruity loaf
- Left cutting hot, sweet bread
- Bit of lolly found in hot cake
- Sweet bread hot around Luxembourg
- Liberal tucked into hot bread
- Lecturer tucked into hot cake
- Bread taken around beginning of Lent
- German bread taken round Leipzig, initially
- Cake taken round back of hospital
- Last of alcohol to be put into hot cake
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The straight part
We know that "cake" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cake = stollen.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does STOLLEN mean?
STOLLEN noun- A traditional German cake eaten at Christmas time, made with nuts, raisins and other dried fruits.