| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Sickly sweet | Wall Street Journal | 17 Sep 2026 |
| Clinging to the palate | ||
| Only I get flustered in case of crying, being overly sentimental (7) | ||
| Too rich and sweet (7) | ||
| Overly sugary | ||
| Excessively sentimental GI only changed after beginning of conflict (7) | ||
| Excessively sentimental crooner initially not being truthful about love (7) | ||
| Oversweet | The Guardian Quick | 21 Nov 2022 |
| Caught fibbing about love? That's sickening! | ||
| Annoyingly sweet | ||
| Sickeningly sweet | The Times Concise | 31 Oct 2017 |
| Overly sweet, saccharine | ||
| Too sweet | ||
| Too sweet | ||
| Mawkish |