| Batter's beginnings, perhaps | 32 |
| Wash-up need | 12 |
| Half-baked bathroom item? | 25 |
| It makes suds in the bath | 25 |
| Solidifies | 10 |
| Bakery offerings | 16 |
| Patisserie purchase | 19 |
| Bakery treats | 13 |
| Baked desserts | 14 |
| Patisserie offerings | 20 |
| Encrusts | 8 |
| Candle holders? | 15 |
| Birthday buys | 13 |
| "___ and Ale" | 23 |
| Tortes | 6 |
| Sponge and marble, e.g. | 23 |
| Sponge and marble | 17 |
| Some soap | 9 |
| Some dessert menu items | 23 |
| With 40A, a breakfast order | 27 |
| What damp flour does | 20 |
| Torte and petit four | 20 |
| They're sometimes upside-down | 33 |
| Teatime comestibles | 19 |
| Some candle holders? | 20 |
| Soapy sales | 11 |
| Soap supply | 11 |
| Petits fours, e.g. | 18 |
| Petits fours | 12 |
| Patisserie array | 16 |
| Maugham's "___ and Ale" | 37 |
| Ladyfingers e.g. | 17 |
| Johnny ___ (cornbreads) | 23 |
| Doesn't maintain even consistency | 37 |
| Dessert menu items | 18 |
| Delicious Marvin Gaye instrumental? | 35 |
| Candle holders | 14 |
| Birthday-party desserts | 23 |
| Birthday desserts | 17 |
| Birthday candle holders | 23 |
| Bars of soap | 12 |
| Bake-sale offerings | 19 |
| Babas and babkas | 16 |
| Angel and devil's-food | 26 |
| Ale's partner | 17 |
| Ale's companion | 19 |
| "Pound" and "sponge" desserts | 49 |
| "Ace of __": 2000s Food Network bakery show | 53 |
| "___ and Ale," Maugham work | 37 |
| ''Pound'' and ''sponge'' ending | 63 |
| More difficult to wipe away | 27 |
| Less powdery | 12 |
| Less gritty | 11 |
| Participant in college football's Big Game, briefly | 55 |
| Part of UCLA | 12 |
| Western state: Abbr. | 20 |
| Low-___ | 7 |
| Ariz. neighbor | 14 |
| Baseball's Ripken | 21 |
| "Silent" prez | 23 |
| Silent one | 10 |
| Ore. neighbor | 13 |
| Nutritional fig. | 16 |
| Food label abbr. | 16 |
| Western st. | 11 |
| Ripken of the diamond | 21 |
| Lo-___ | 6 |
| 'East of Eden' brother | 30 |
| ___ Tech | 8 |
| Where you can find a bunch of Santas? (abbr.) | 45 |
| Ripken, the Baltimore legend | 28 |
| Ripken of baseball | 18 |
| Lone Eagle's monogram | 25 |
| Golfer Peete | 12 |
| Baseball great Ripken | 21 |
| Silent ___ (presidential nickname) | 34 |
| Legendary Ripken | 16 |
| James Dean's "East of Eden" role | 46 |
| ___-Mex | 7 |
| Where L.A. is | 13 |
| Neighbor of Ore. | 16 |
| First name among shortstops | 27 |
| Dieter's word | 17 |
| Baseball great Ripken Jr. | 25 |
| U.C.L.A. rival | 14 |
| Ripken the baseball legend | 26 |
| Ripken of the Orioles | 21 |
| Nickname for Coolidge | 21 |
| Iron Man Ripken | 15 |
| Former Oriole Ripken | 20 |
| First name in Baltimore baseball | 32 |
| Dieter's unit: Abbr. | 24 |
| Coolidge | 8 |
| Coach Murphy, for one | 21 |
| "Iron Man" Ripken | 27 |
| -- Tech | 7 |
| ___-Mex cuisine | 15 |
| __ Tech | 7 |
| Silent ___ | 10 |
| Ripken of baseball fame | 23 |