The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 plus 5 letter word CHARLOTTE RUSSE
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More clues leading to the result CHARLOTTE RUSSE
- Emily's sister has endless apple dessert
- Pudding of stewed eel with a shortcrust
- Lecturer as host, awfully sweet
- Surpisingly a lecture’s short and sweet
- For afters, tart’s covered by crest Sue designed
- Sweet home-help settles our disorder
- Different uses after daily sweepstake reduced a trifle
- Daily draw mostly uses exotic dish
- Settles our problem after daily round of trifle
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The straight part
We know that "For afters" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case for afters = charlotte russe.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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