The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FLAPJACK
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More clues leading to the result FLAPJACK
- After panic, lift biscuit
- Following drink, seaman’s given biscuit
- Female friend flipped sailor’s pancake
- Fly the flag? That’s something to get one’s teeth into
- Sweet thing in state of nerves over sailor
- Beat standard cake
- Fellow sailor takes drink aboard for bar
- Get flustered rating Bake Off challenge?
- Get into a panic over sailor’s fare
- Panic over salt in sweet cake
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "sweet cake" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sweet cake = flapjack.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.
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What does FLAPJACK mean?
FLAPJACK noun- A pancake.
- A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.