Answer: DESSERT
DESSERT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 79 times.
Referring Clues:
- Final order
 - Last course
 - Charlotte russe, for one
 - Calorie-crammed course
 - Tapioca pudding, e.g.
 - Check preceder?
 - You may not have room for it
 - Feast finale
 - What a loser may skip
 - Split, e.g.
 - A sweet finish
 - Ice, e.g.
 - Something a loser may skip
 - There's sometimes no room for it
 - Pie or pudding
 - Check preceder, often
 - Final course
 - Pudding or cake
 - Brits call it afters
 - Course shunned by losers?
 - Kind of menu
 - Pie or cake
 - Sweet course
 - Menu course
 - Word from the French for ''clear the table''
 - Ultimate course
 - Trifle, perhaps
 - Ambrosia, for one
 - Dinner course
 - Baked Alaska, e.g.
 - Pastry chef's specialty
 - Finishing course
 - Sweet menu course
 - See 17-Across
 - Diet buster, often
 - *Skip it
 - Word from the French for "clear the table"
 - Course that's commonly skipped
 - Meal closer, often
 - Sweet conclusion
 - Meal ender
 - Calorific course
 - Course that might involve cake
 - Sweet finish
 - See 12 Down
 - Sweet serving, often
 - Dieting no-no
 - Pudding or pie
 - Check preceder
 - A flan or a torte
 - Back-page menu item, maybe
 - Popular course
 - Piece of cake, e.g.
 - Final order of things?
 - Calorie counter's temptation
 - Order that's rarely followed?
 - Course skipped by a dieter
 - Trifle, for one
 - Piece of cake, maybe
 - Pie, e.g.
 - Finishing order
 - Sweets
 - Finisher of a sort
 - Course skipped by dieters
 - Sugary menu course
 - Napoleon, for one
 - "Life is short -- eat ___ first"
 - Part of a meal that the British call "afters"
 - Piece of cake, say
 - Ending course
 - It's usually downed last
 - Course hinted at by this puzzle
 - Madeleine or Napoleon
 - Soy milk pudding, for example
 - Apple crumble or banana split
 - Ice cream or cheesecake
 - You might leave room for it
 - Course with a name derived from the French word for "clear the table"
 - Tart or torte
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - June 29, 2025
 - New York Times - March 02, 2025
 - New York Times - June 25, 2024
 - USA Today - April 02, 2024
 - USA Today - March 21, 2023
 - LA Times - May 24, 2022
 - USA Today - April 27, 2022
 - LA Times - January 01, 2022
 - Netword - April 25, 2021
 - Universal - January 12, 2021
 - LA Times - November 19, 2020
 - LA Times - September 05, 2020
 - New York Times - July 05, 2020
 - New York Times - June 16, 2020
 - LA Times - May 29, 2020
 - Universal - June 03, 2019
 - LA Times - March 10, 2019
 - New York Times - February 19, 2019
 - New York Times - December 14, 2018
 - Netword - August 20, 2018
 
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