Clues for the word "SHORTCAKE"
We've had 12 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 11 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on December 12, 2025.
Definition of shortcake
- n. - An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked.
Referring Clues
- Diminutive dessert?
- Strawberry dessert
- Fruit-filled dessert
- Crisp dessert
- Crisp, sweetened biscuit
- Sweet biscuit - rat chokes (anag)
- Fragment caught in a moment of delicacy
- Crisp, rich, crumbly, buttery biscuit
- Hate rocks when crushed and prefer to eat this?
- Biscuit, not eclair
- Did it not rise as it should, for the baker?
- Dessert with a sconelike texture
Last Seen In
- LA Times - December 12, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - June 09, 2023
- Guardian Quick - April 20, 2016
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2014
- Guardian Quick - December 27, 2012
- Guardian Quiptic - April 02, 2012
- LA Times - February 12, 2011
- Universal - December 16, 2008
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 05, 2005
- Guardian Cryptic - June 24, 2004
- Guardian Cryptic - November 22, 2002