Not bland (4 letters)

{ Answer }

TART

{ Related Clues }

Acid
Biting
Caustic
Cutting
Dessert for one
Floozy
Frangipane
Lemony
Minipie
Piquant
Pungent
Sharp
Snippy
Sour
Strumpet
Tangy
Baker's product
Bakery buy
Bakery goodie
Bakery item
Bakery product
Dessert item
Dress (up)
Fruity dessert
Fruity pastry
Lemony, e.g.
Like cranberries
Lip-puckering
Pastry item
Pucker-producing
Sharp tasting
Sharp-tasting
Sharp-tongued
Small pastry
High tea goody
Like a Granny Smith apple
Like lemonade sans sugar
What a frangipani might fill

{ Tags }

apples, bakery, biting, caustic, cutting, dessert, fruity, item, like, lip, pastry, pie, piquant, producing, pucker, sharp, small, snappish, snippy, sour, tart

{ Notes }

The answer TART is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.

{ Definition }

TART as a noun:

1. (prostitute, cocotte, whore, harlot, bawd, tart, cyprian, fancy woman, working girl, sporting lady, lady of pleasure, woman of the street) = a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

2. a small open pie with a fruit filling

3. a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust

TART as an adjective:

1. (lemony, lemonlike, sourish, tangy, tart) = tasting sour like a lemon

2. (sharp, sharp-worded, tart) = harsh; "sharp criticism"; "a sharp-worded exchange"; "a tart remark"