The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word MADELEINE
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More clues leading to the result MADELEINE
- Girl fashioned garland, almost new
- Scottish queen ruled, perhaps, English admitted
- Created row, grabbing auntie’s last cake
- Earned right of choice in business making cake
- Cake singer stuffed in hole
- Parisian church cake for Proust
- Earned the right of choice in business making cake
- What poet did creatively maybe when consuming English cake
- Pastry that’s brought back in shock
- British songstress cutting Hypatia’s cake
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The straight part
We know that "Pastry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pastry = madeleine.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 MADELEINE mean?
MADELEINE noun- A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
- Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.