| REFINERS | Oil and sugar companies, at times |
| SIROCCO | Blow for a man with two companies at loggerheads |
| COCONUT | World body's back supporting companies at Thailand offering palm, say (7) |
| CORNCOB | Core of maize taken by sailors in two companies at Britain (7) |
| SUCROSE | Disaccharide carbohydrate extracted chiefly from sugar cane and sugar beet, broken down in the body and transported to the liver via the portal vein (7) |
| SEERSUCKER | From the Persian meaning "milk and sugar", an Indian cotton textile with contrasting smooth and puckered stripes, used for summer blazers, dresses and shirts (10) |
| JULEP | Bourbon and sugar and mint over crushed ice (5) |
| ICE | Pink-and-white confection of desiccated coconut and sugar (3) |
| DRYGOODS | Eg tea and sugar or dodgy nuts and bananas, finally (3,5) |
| MERINGUE | Mixture of whipped egg whites and sugar baked until crisp, used for Eton mess, pavlova and queen of puddings (8) |
| COCOA | Made from baking chocolate or cocoa powder and milk and sugar. |
| SAUERBRATEN | German dish of beef marinated in vinegar and sugar and then braised |
| DAIQUIRI | Cocktail comprising rum, lime juice and sugar - and often preceded by strawberry! (8) |
| PANCAKES | Skillet-cooked crepes eaten on Shrove Tuesday in a custom symbolic of nothing more than indulging and using up one's butter, eggs, flour, milk and sugar before a fast (8) |
| SNICKERDOODLE | Cookie made with cinnamon and sugar |
| CREAMED | Mixed butter and sugar |
| TEA | Hot beverage sometimes served with milk and sugar (3) |
| PRALINE | Chocolate filling of nuts and sugar (7) |
| CHAPLAIN | Padre has his tea without milk and sugar perhaps |
| LEMONADE | A drink made from lemon juice, water and sugar (8) |
