| Like taking ____ from a baby |
The Telegraph Plusword |
26 Jul 2025 |
| Limitations of costly confectionery in US |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
19 Jul 2025 |
| American sweet (5) |
Puzzler |
15 Jul 2025 |
| "Hard ___," 2005 film starring Patrick Wilson or a sweet treat he might share with friends on his birthday |
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| What are the first and last letters of cherry sweet? (5) |
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| Steve Martin's travel companion in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. (5) |
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| American actress and model whose films include American Graffiti, The Man Who Fell to Earth and Blue Thunder (5,5) |
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| Sweets in America (5) |
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| Sweet stuff |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Apr 2025 |
| Taking ___ from a baby, classic childhood belief that was debunked on "MythBusters" |
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| 2006 film drama starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish |
Mirror Quiz |
10 Apr 2025 |
| (3/7) "Before we head to the rides, let's get some cotton ___ for a sugar rush!" |
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| US confectionery |
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| A hard sugary confection (5) |
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| Godiva creation |
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| Letters standing for Cyprus in IVR are sweet (5) |
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| Sweet-toothed hit by Robbie Williams (5) |
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| Boiled sugar sweet (5) |
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| Sweet tin to dry right away (5) |
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| Home Alone actor John |
The Telegraph Mini |
25 Dec 2024 |
| * ___ cane, Christmas confection that Santa may leave in 35a |
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| John -, comic actor who played the title role in 1989 film Uncle Buck (5) |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Dec 2024 |
| US sweets |
Puzzler Backwords |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Last two of juicy sweets? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
18 Nov 2024 |
| Preserve the ends of celery |
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| 2006 drama starring Heath Ledger and Abbie Cornish |
Mirror Quiz |
19 Oct 2024 |
| Member of Toronto branch of "The Second City," John ___ |
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| "___ Crush Saga," tile-matching game with colorful sweets, originally made popular on Facebook |
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| Drug store aisle |
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| Jelly Belly or Jolly Rancher |
New York Times Mini |
25 Jul 2024 |
| Gummi Bears |
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| Sweet, but what are country's limits? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Jul 2024 |
| Aisle in the grocery store where one can find chocolates, chewing gum, marshmallows, and more |
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| Carrier of impeachment hearings |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Jun 2024 |
| In the US, a young volunteer worker in a hospital (5,7) |
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| Boiled sugar syrup |
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| American confectionery (5) |
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| Cold man supplying sweets |
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| The end of fancy crystallised sugar (5) |
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| (3/7) "Before we head to the rides, let's get some cotton ___ for a sugar rush!" |
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| "Charlie," to his younger brother, is cocaine |
The Guardian Cryptic |
05 Apr 2024 |
| "Charlie," to his younger brother, is cocaine (5) |
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| Halloween bagful |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Mar 2024 |
| John ___, Uncle Buck actor (5) |
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| Gum drop or lollipop |
Newsday |
18 Mar 2024 |
| Halloween haul |
USA Today |
17 Mar 2024 |
| Child's first with yen for American sweets |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
13 Mar 2024 |
| Pez or Snickers |
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| Sweet second half of Macy (5) |
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| Hard sweets (5) |
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| With 6-Down, Valentine's Day treat that may contain a "Be Mine" message |
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| Halloween bagful |
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| With 4-Down, it may hang next to an ornament |
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| Last two of juicy sweets? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
27 Jan 2024 |
| Sugary confectionery like gummy bears or starburst that you'd enjoy at the stadium during your favorite team's game |
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| John -, comic actor who played the title role in 1989 film Uncle Buck |
Mirror Quiz |
22 Jan 2024 |
| * ___ cane, Christmas confection that Santa may leave in 35a |
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| (and 4 Down) American Christmas confectionery in ascendancy somehow (5,5) |
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| American term for a sweet made of the ingredient described in 42 Across, boiled and crystallised; bonbons, comfits, humbugs, toffees and other confects collectively; or, with "cane", a striped stick o |
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| Halloween haul |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Dec 2023 |
| American 'sweets' (5) |
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| Sweet stuff |
LA Times Daily |
12 Nov 2023 |
| Cotton ___, sweet treat or a shade of 16a |
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| Halloween handout |
New York Times Mini |
06 Nov 2023 |
| The treat in "trick or treat" |
New York Times |
26 Oct 2023 |
| Treat received on Halloween |
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| Trick-or-treater's treat |
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| Risk for people with braces |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2023 |
| First in class, little Andrew is sweet |
The Times Cryptic |
15 Aug 2023 |
| American sweets a bit aromatic, and yummy |
The Times Cryptic |
21 Jun 2023 |
| "Sweet" 1990 duet by Iggy Pop and Kate Pierson that peaked at No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
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| ___ cane (Christmas treat) |
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| ___ cane (Christmas goodie) |
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| Gummy bear or Starburst, e.g. |
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| It may go on sale on November 1 |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2022 |
| Sweet American characters either side of celebrity |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Nov 2022 |
| Every other part of icky sweet |
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| Every other part of icky sweet |
The Guardian Cryptic |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Preserve with sugar |
The Times Concise |
22 Sep 2022 |
| 2018 song by rapper Doja Cat from the album "Amala" |
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| Trick-or-treater's haul |
USA Today |
04 Aug 2022 |
| Comedic treasure John |
Canadiana |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Movie munchies* |
Newsday |
20 May 2022 |
| Word with rock or hard |
New York Times |
18 Mar 2022 |
| Halloween bagful |
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| 1999 song by Mandy Moore from her album "So Real" |
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| Video game released on Facebook in 2012 |
The Guardian Weekend |
29 Jan 2022 |
| Swedish Fish, e.g |
Universal |
28 Jan 2022 |
| Cotton ___ |
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| Red Hots or Twix |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2022 |
| Film star John |
Canadiana |
17 Jan 2022 |
| Sweet word after "cotton" or before "cane" |
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| Trick-or-treater's treat |
Universal |
03 Jan 2022 |
| A regular Valentine gift that usually comes in a heart-shaped box |
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| Sweet treats |
Eugene Sheffer |
29 Dec 2021 |
| Sweets for the sweet |
Canadiana |
15 Nov 2021 |
| Sugary sweet |
The Times Concise |
02 Nov 2021 |
| Sweets |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Oct 2021 |
| "___ Crush Saga," puzzle game |
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| Sweets in aspic, and yucky! |
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| Reese's output |
The Washington Post |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Reese's output |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2021 |
| Trick or treat item |
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| Sweet is chewy on the outside, within |
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| Sugar container emptied daily |
|
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| ___ cane (Christmas treat) |
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| Sweet Halloween haul |
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| Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Sweets ... and, in three parts, a hint to the four longest Across answers |
The Washington Post |
11 Nov 2020 |
| Sweets in tin daddy emptied |
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| Halloween treat |
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| Charlie with last of sticky sweets |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
17 Aug 2020 |
| All but the filling in crunchy sweets |
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| Common treat |
Family Time |
09 Mar 2020 |
| American sweets |
The Guardian Speedy |
01 Mar 2020 |
| Halloween bagful |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Feb 2020 |
| Peppermint bark, for example |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Dec 2019 |
| Sweets also found in outskirts of city |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Sweet tin disappointingly empty |
The Telegraph Toughie |
28 Feb 2019 |
| "I Want ___," remixed version of the song by Bow Wow Wow that featured in the period drama "Marie Antoinette" |
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| Sweet cicely leaves, perforated |
The Telegraph Toughie |
23 Nov 2018 |
| Halloween haul |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Oct 2018 |
| 50 cent's shop in his famous song |
|
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| ___ ants, April Fool's prank with a bag of sweet edible ants |
|
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| Movie snack |
Newsday |
25 Apr 2018 |
| Sweet treats |
Premier Sunday |
01 Apr 2018 |
| Crystallised sugar |
The Times Concise |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Extremes of Christmassy treat for children |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Sweets |
The Times Concise |
24 Dec 2017 |
| Sweet tin disappointingly empty |
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| Jelly beans, e.g |
The Washington Post |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Jelly beans, e.g |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2017 |
| Likely contents of a 44-Down |
New York Times |
28 Sep 2017 |
| Treat inside a pinata |
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| Edible bar, say |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2017 |
| Red Hots or Atomic Fireballs |
USA Today |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Checkout counter display |
Newsday |
25 Jun 2017 |
| Halloween haul |
USA Today |
06 Jun 2017 |
| Some of it comes from Mars |
Wall Street Journal |
10 May 2017 |
| Sweet Fire at the beginning and end of day |
|
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| American sweets |
The Times Concise |
17 Mar 2017 |
| Red Hots or Atomic Fireballs |
|
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| Likely contents of a 44-Down |
|
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| Halloween haul |
|
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| Jelly beans, e.g. |
|
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| Cotton __ (carnival snack) |
Newsday |
24 Oct 2016 |
| Extremes of creamy New York confectionery |
|
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| With 27-Down, striped holiday treat |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2016 |
| Sweet tin deliberately emptied |
|
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| Easter basket fill |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Feb 2016 |
| With 27-Down, striped holiday treat |
|
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| Sweet type of belly dance without Belle |
Irish Times Crosaire |
13 May 2015 |
| Halloween treat |
USA Today |
07 May 2015 |
| It might come from Mars |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Apr 2015 |
| It might come from Mars |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Mar 2015 |
| Sweet treat |
Universal |
02 Jan 2015 |
| Sweet treat |
|
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| It might come from Mars |
|
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| Halloween treat |
|
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| It might come from Mars |
|
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| Sweet, cheesy sides |
|
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| What's left, if I leave cold sweet? |
|
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| Checkout counter staple ... or, when read as three words, what 20-, 31-, 47- and 55-Across have in common |
|
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| Halloween haul |
|
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| Cook in sugar |
|
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| Halloween haul |
|
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| Sweet snack |
|
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| Sweet, or, read another way, a hint to five long puzzle answers |
|
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| Sweet, or, read another way, a hint to five long puzzle answers |
|
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| ___ cane |
|
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| Piñata payload |
|
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| Sweet stuff |
|
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| Party munchies |
|
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| Eye or ear follower |
|
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| "Trick or treat" reward, often |
|
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| Eye or ear follower |
|
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| Sweet treat |
|
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| Cook carrots, perhaps |
|
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| Sweet stuff |
|
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| Kind of corn? |
|
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| Gum drop or lollipop |
|
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| *John of "Splash" |
|
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| *John of "Splash" |
|
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| It comes from Mars |
|
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| Cinema sales |
|
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| See 48-Across |
|
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| Kisses, for instance |
|
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| Soft or hard confection |
|
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| Halloween haul |
|
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| "Trick or treat" reward, often |
|
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| Trick-or-treater's haul |
|
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| Sweets |
|
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| Liquor alternative, in verse |
|
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| Theater-counter purchase |
|
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| Halloween handout |
|
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| Kisses, possibly |
|
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| Licorice or lollipop |
|
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| Mars product |
|
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| Mars product |
|
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| Halloween sackful |
|
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| Sweet treat |
|
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| Kind of cane or apple |
|
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| Give a sugary coat |
|
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| Cinema snack |
|
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| Typical 10/31 treats |
|
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| "SCTV" star |
|
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| Kind of bar |
|
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| John of "Uncle Buck" |
|
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| Jawbreakers, e.g. |
|
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| Cotton ___ |
|
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| Brittle, say |
|
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| Halloween treat |
|
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| Sweet stuff |
|
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| Cook in heavy syrup until transparent |
|
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| Kind of stripe |
|
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| Kind of bar |
|
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| What liquor is quicker than à la Ogden Nash |
|
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| Piñata filling |
|
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| Stocking stuffer, perhaps |
|
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| Bon-bon |
|
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| February 14 gift |
|
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| Sweets |
|
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| "___ Kisses," 1948 song |
|
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| Fondant |
|
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| "The ___ Man," Sammy Davis Jr. hit song |
|
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| Caramels, etc. |
|
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| ___ canes |
|
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| Dieters' no-no |
|
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| Jelly beans. |
|
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| One kind of bar. |
|
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| Goodies. |
|
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| Fudge. |
|
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| Sweets. |
|
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| Brittle, for one. |
|
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| Licorice stick. |
|
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| Confections. |
|
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| Cook in sugar. |
|
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| Licorice. |
|
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| Courtship gift. |
|
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| Penuche. |
|
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| Halloween loot |
|
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| Comfits. |
|
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| Sweeten. |
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