Confectioner's pastries ruined diet, essentially Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PATISSERIE Confectioner's pastries ruined diet, essentially (10) The Guardian Cryptic Mar 15, 2022
61% MARS Celebrations confectioner (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 25, 2025
53% PUFF __ pastry (4) LA Times Daily Dec 22, 2025
53% MAR Ruin (3) LA Times Daily Dec 11, 2025
53% PROTEIN Essential part of diet not ripe unfortunately (7) The Times Quick Cryptic Oct 13, 2025
51% CORE Essential (4) LA Times Daily Jan 3, 2026
51% NEED Essential (4) New York Times Dec 21, 2025
51% UNDO Ruin (4) Commuter Nov 29, 2025
48% VAPOR Contrail, essentially (5) LA Times Daily Jan 6, 2026
48% PIE Dish with a pastry crust (3) Puzzler Backwords Jan 5, 2026

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