The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SWEETEN
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More clues leading to the result SWEETEN
- Submachine-gun loaded by little honey
- Buzz around there, regularly going back for honey
- Son given small number to soften up
- Pacify son, very small, just into double figures
- Put honey in traps set up to catch baby
- Two versions of small figure to placate
- Net’s used to contain short temper
- Make more agreeable to repeatedly small number
- Pacify small, small number
- Very small weapon brought outside in temper
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The straight part
We know that "Put honey in" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put honey in = sweeten.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SWEETEN mean?
SWEETEN verb- To make sweet to the taste.
- To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
- To make mild or kind; to soften.
- To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
- To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
- To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter.
- To make warm and fertile.
- To restore to purity; to free from taint.
- To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
- To become sweet.