The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word HUSH MONEY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HUSH MONEY
- Spooner's sentimentality, something sweet providing inducement
- States monarch might be taken in by sweetener or bribe
- Liquid mush found in nectar must be a sweetener
- Bribe with some mushrooms cooked in nectar
- Silence is golden when this is paid?
- Spooner’s semi-solid sugar? You can’t tell with this sweetener
- Darling going round America with hot maiden gives bribe to keep it secret
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