Cryptic crossword solution

Reportedly flower for baking ingredient (5) cryptic crossword solution.

A homophone solution where flower sounds like FLOUR, the baking ingredient.

AnswerFLOURFLOUR
Definition
baking ingredient
Clue type
Homophone
Indicator
Reportedly
Enumeration
5
Confidence
high

How the clue works

Reportedly signals a sound-alike. FLOWER sounds like FLOUR, which is a baking ingredient.

Verification steps

  1. Flower supplies the sound-alike word.
  2. Reportedly indicates that sound, not spelling, matters.
  3. FLOWER sounds like FLOUR.
  4. Synonym: FLOUR is a baking ingredient.
  5. The enumeration confirms five letters.

Solver note

Homophone clues depend on pronunciation, so accents can occasionally affect fairness.