The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word PEAR DROP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PEAR DROP
- Hearing daughter’s embraced by rugby player — sweet
- By the sound of it, couple fall for sweet
- Couple in conversation decline sweet
- Sweet daughter after attention surrounded by support
- Sweet to speak of brace and bit
- Father eating bit of cereal with doctor — that’s sweet
- Sweet couple in conversation over fall
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The straight part
We know that "Sweet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sweet = pear drop.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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