| SPOTTEDDOG | Recognised setter as sweet |
| EMBARK | Board promoting setter, as setter might say? (6) |
| BUDGIE | Give way about setter as a pet (6) |
| INIMICAL | Ridiculous claim to hold up popular setter as unfriendly |
| OENOPHILE | Exclamation about one backing setter as wine fan (9) |
| SEARCHME | Google is used by setter as I haven't a clue! |
| OXFORDCOMPANION | Italics in clues indicate one of the seven ____ books owned by today's setter, as a source of the Q and A |
| LOOKATME | Observe the setter, as Kath used to chide (4,2,2) |
| MISTLETOE | T.S Eliot works welcomed by setter as inducement to kiss? (9) |
| SYRUP | Maple -; ingredient used to flavour savoury foods such as ham, roasted parsnips or bacon as well as sweet recipes such as pancakes and waffles (5) |
| PIE | Something crusty to be as sweet as (3) |
| STAY | Song, "- As Sweet As You Are" |
| FANNYADAMS | Nothing for girl that's as sweet a supporter as Mandy could be (5,5) |
| SEASONED | Sonnet 75: So are you to my thoughts as food to life, / Or as sweet-___ showers are to the ground. / And for the peace of you I hold such strife / And twixt a miser and his wealth is found |
| PEAS | Climbers such as sweet ___ may need support as they grow (4) |
| IPRAY | "Young and gay or old and grey; Near to me or afar; Night and day ...; That you'll always; Stay as sweet as you are" |
| ANDGAY | "Young ... or old and grey; Near to me or afar; Night and day I pray; That you'll always; Stay as sweet as you are" (3,3) |
| CONFECTION | Being against cooking English confit as sweet (10) |
| STRESSED | Anxious, as sweet dishes are sent back (8) |
| AROSE | "___ by any other name would smell as sweet" |
