| SUGAR | The secret to sweet and sour chicken: Pineapple and vinegar make it sour, but ___ makes it sweet |
| ONRICE | How sweet and sour chicken may be served |
| LIQUORICE | Adding coolant to alcohol makes it sweet (9) |
| SNAP | "You may clap, rap, tap, slap, but ___ makes the world go round" (first part of a classic Rice Krispies jingle) |
| LIBS | Ad ___ (makes it up) |
| ADD | _ sugar to tea to make it sweet... |
| AMID | Currently, I'd call it sour (4) |
| ACETIC | Vinegar makes expert twitch (6) |
| ACID | Currently, I'd call it sour |
| IDEALS | “Governments do not make ____, but ____ make governments. This is both historically and logically true.” (Calvin Coolidge) |
| SUITORS | It sours the style of the wooers (7) |
| TAPE | Shhhh !!!! : The secret to the invincible balloon magic trick that allows you to stick a pin a balloon without bursting it is two small strips of transparent ___ |
| GBS | Who said "The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people": Abbr. |
| FORASTART | So far, awfully sour, but that's just to begin with (3,1,5) |
| LANDMARK | Trust; charity that manages many historic buildings mainly around the UK including the Dunmore Pineapple and Shropshire Birdhouse (8) |
| BECHDEL | Alison who wrote the graphic memoir "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" |
| YAMS | The secret to the sweetness of candied ___ is brown sugar |
| ELEVATORKEY | Firefighter's term for the secret to rising in the ranks? |
| GEORGELUCAS | Director who said, "The secret to film is that it's an illusion" |
| ICING | Is it sweet to be at the top? |
