The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SCONE
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More clues leading to the result SCONE
- Small cake’s small pointed shape
- Cake in historic Scottish location
- Kid tucked into ends of stale cake
- Ancient settlement found once after heading for Scotland?
- Kid tucking into last pieces of delicious sponge cake
- Cornish tea’s wasted – I trash this maybe
- Small ice-cream provides tea time treat
- Cake‘s been eaten, some of us have heard
- Argument against dividing southeast Scots settlement
- Small traffic marker in Scottish location
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The straight part
We know that "tea time treat" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tea time treat = scone.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCONE mean?
SCONE noun- A small, rich, pastry or quick bread, sometimes baked on a griddle.
- (Utah) Frybread served with honey butter spread on it.
- The head.
- To hit on the head.