| DATESUGAR | Appointment, darling, it's sweet (4,5) |
| NADIR | Lowest point: told 'Darling, it's a no' |
| PHONEY | Quietly, darling - it's a fraud! (6) |
| PLACEBOEFFECT | Recognise darling, it's said, has impact to do with influence of snake oil perhaps (7,6) |
| NATKING | "That's why, darling, it's incredible; That someone so unforgettable; Thinks that I am unforgettable |
| CEDAR | Part spruce, darling - it's the emblem of Lebanon (5) |
| UNDERTHESEA | Disney lyric repeated before "Darling it's better / Down where it's wetter" |
| HERE | "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely Winter..." - The Beatles, "___ Comes the Sun" |
| HERECOMESTHESUN | Beatles song with the lyric "Little darling, it's been a long, cold, lonely winter" |
| MYPASSION | "Allaying... ___ with its sweet air" (The Tempest) |
| MINCEMEAT | It's sweet filling it with sausage contents (9) |
| CHOCOLATE | Teach cool dancing, it's sweet (9) |
| GARIBALDI | It's sweet and revolutionary |
| SUGARPINE | It's sweet to yearn for a tree |
| HONEYLIKE | It's sweet maybe what the wife said of husband (5,4) |
| HONEYMOON | It's sweet to wander aimlessly for a short, happy period (9) |
| GLYCERINE | It's sweet with celery and gin in a salad (9) |
| CYCLAMATE | It's sweet, to take a short spin with a friend |
| TANGERINE | Fruit can hide bitterness, it's sweet at the core (9) |
| SACCHARIN | It's sweet to get fish in tails - nearly throw up! (9) |
