Cryptic crossword clue
Rower Redgrave, short of energy, I put on a sugar substitute 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STEVIA

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The straight part
We know that "sugar substitute" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sugar substitute = stevia.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STEVIA mean?

STEVIA noun
  1. Any of the sweet herbs of genus Stevia, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America and western North America.
  2. A sweetener, many times sweeter than an equal amount of sugar, extracted from Stevia rebaudiana, that can be substituted for sugar for some purposes.

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