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4. An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring
5. A yeast raised cake glazed with rum syrup
9. Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried
11. Yellow-fleshed fruit related to custard apples
12. A professional cook
14. A crisp, straw-colored white wine made from the Procanico grape in Italy's Umbria region:
16. Aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
18. Camellia sinensis
19. A rich sponge cake made with ground almonds.
20. Any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh
22. Scottish for turnip
23. Brown with a reddish tinge
24. Metheglin

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1. Biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop
2. Aromatic European plant native to Mediterranean and Turkey; not widespread in Europe
3. A food item invented and made famous by a cartoon character created by Murat Bernard ("Chic") Young (1901-1973)
4. Malacopterygian
6. European strong-scented perennial herb with gray-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy
7. Absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors
8. Thick dark spicy puree of apples
10. Infusion or plunger coffeepot (French)
13. A shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm
15. Wine of the locality
17. An individual portion of food or drink
21. Soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog