Puzzle #9: Garden-Variety Names

Why hello!

This is not a Christmas puzzle, but due to the holiday spirit, I've made this one on the easy side--I hope everyone is able to solve it. Maybe solve with your family or a friend? If you're not able to see them in person, it's very easy to upload the .puz file to https://squares.io/ which will allow you to solve together with someone long distance.

Shoutout to Steve Mossberg, who has been doing a lot of test-solving for this blog, and has a really great puzzle blog of his own.

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Solution

Mmm, pear tart with almond shortcrust

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