| LIQUORICE | Chewy, black substance used as a sweet or in medicine (9) |
| SHERBET | Fruit-flavoured effervescent powder eaten as a sweet or used to make a drink (7) |
| DREAMS | Follower of "sweet" or "in your" |
| RHUBARB | Reddish green stalks used as a sweet (7) |
| FEUILLETE | A puff pastry case with a sweet or savoury filling |
| SACCHARIN | Crystalline substance used as a calorie-free sweetener |
| PITCHPINE | Evergreen tree that produces a sticky black substance |
| FLAN | Word related to the Dutch meaning "custard" for a sweet or savoury quiche or tart; a sponge base with a fruit topping; or, a blank coin or planchet in numismatics (4) |
| STANDARD | Song of established popularity; largest petal of a papilionaceous flower such as a sweet pea; or, an upright "lollipop-shaped" plant such as a topiary olive or bay tree (8) |
| COOKIE | A web browser's tiny crumb of remembrance that is a small distinct data packet, just as a sweet American biscuit or a plain Scottish bun is a small distinct treat (6) |
| TONER | Black substance used in computer printers and photocopiers |
| BITUMEN | Thick black substance used in road-building (7) |
| KOHL | Black substance used in eyeliner (4) |
| ASPHALT | Black substance used for roofing and paving (7) |
| TAR | Sticky, black substance used for making roads (3) |
| ROULADE | French culinary word for a sweet or savoury dish in the form of a Swiss roll or galantine (7) |
| PUDDING | A sausage-like mass originally, later a sweet or savoury steamed dish such as clootie dumpling, roly-poly, spotted dick or suet pastry pie (7) |
| PRIMER | A substance used as a preparatory coating on wood, metal or canvas (6) |
| MASTIC | A sticky putty-like substance used as a filler or adhesive (6) |
| PUDS | Short word for crumbles, fruit pies, steamed sponges, trifles or other sugary dishes served as a sweet, yet derived from Latin for "black sausages of blood/meat" (4) |
