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noun • a sweetened delicacy (as a preserve or pastry) | ||||
| 36% | 10 | Sugary confection – clean teeth after Charlie (with his brother?) | ||
noun • a candy made by spinning sugar that has been boiled to a high temperature | ||||
| 36% | 9 | Loudly disapprove of sugary confection that may come back on you | ||
noun • a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower • a miscalculation that recoils on its maker verb • return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang | ||||
Confection From Sugary Substance
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SWEETMEAT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
SWEETMEAT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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