Cryptic crossword clue
Sweets insect fed to drones 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HUMBUGS

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The straight part
We know that "Sweets" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sweets = humbugs.
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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What does HUMBUGS mean?

HUMBUGS noun
  1. A hoax, jest, or prank.
  2. A fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).
  3. A fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.
  4. Nonsense.
  5. A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
  6. Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
  7. (African American Vernacular) A fight.
  8. (African American Vernacular) A gang.
  9. A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
  10. (Perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
HUMBUGS verb
  1. To play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
  2. (African American Vernacular) To fight; to act tough.
  3. To waste time talking.

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