| NOSUGAR | "Hold the sweetener!" |
| ONTHE | OK then, eat out if accepting sweeteners! (2,3,4) |
| TAKE | OK then, eat out if accepting sweeteners! (2,3,4) |
| SORBITOL | Sugar alcohol first discovered in the berries of the mountain ash in 1872; used in food as the sweetener E420 (8) |
| GLUCOSE | Stick the lettuce inside with the sweetener (7) |
| SUGARCONTENT | How is darling pleased with the amount of the sweetener? (5,7) |
| ASPARAGUS | As Dad brought back the sweetener, got the lily-family shoots (9) |
| THAUMATIN | Sweet-tasting low-calorie protein obtained from the African fruit Thaumatococcus daniellii, used in food as the sweetener E957 (9) |
| SUGARBOWL | Dish for the sweetener (5,4) |
| DEMERARASUGAR | Marauders rage about the sweetener (8,5) |
| ASPARTAME | The sweetener in a state of austerity? Me! (9) |
| STIRRUP | One of D-shaped pair of metal pieces that hang from the saddle and hold the foot of the rider (7) |
| SNOW | Want to control the weather?: When you're holding a ___ globe, you hold the power to start a flurry right in the palm of your hand |
| BRAINSTORM | A follower gets to hold the crown, in a manner of speaking, from The Tempest offering to hold a group discussion (10) |
| ETHEL | The Spanish hold the girl (5) |
| RAGS | It's the little bits of reading, writing and arithmetic that hold the silver (4) |
| CATHERINE | In 1990, Dame ... Tizard became the first woman to hold the rank of Governor General |
| ROWAN | --- Williams, the 104th person to hold the position of Archbishop of Canterbury (5) |
| PEAPODS | They hold the shooters' ammunition before the shelling starts (7) |
| BANDEAU | Narrow band worn round the head to hold the hair in place (7) |
