Blackbeard, perhaps, puts deserter into pastry dish (6) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Blackbeard, perhaps, puts deserter into pastry dish (6) featured in Puzzler Cryptic puzzle on January 12, 2026. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 6 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is PIRATE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PIRATE Blackbeard, perhaps, puts deserter into pastry dish (6) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Jan 12, 2026
6% PIE Dish with a pastry crust (3) Puzzler Backwords Jan 5, 2026
6% TARTS Pastry dishes (5) The Telegraph Plusword Oct 12, 2025
5% SAHARA Desert (6) The Telegraph Quick Jan 16, 2026
5% AGAVES Desert plants (6) Eugene Sheffer Jan 16, 2026
5% PIES Pastry items (4) (4) Mirror Quick Jan 16, 2026
5% ECLAIR Filled choux pastry (6) The Telegraph Quick Jan 14, 2026
5% EDIT Put in a good word, perhaps? (4) New York Times Jan 12, 2026
5% SCONE British pastry (5) Newsday Jan 12, 2026
5% ARID Dry as a desert (4) Newsday Jan 12, 2026

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