The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PEPPERMINT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result PEPPERMINT
- On page record name in passport for sucker
- Sweet confection’s ultimate in licence for vitality?
- Vegetable, green and sweet
- Condiment and perfect herb
- Sweet style captured by pen-tip at work
- Go and allow to swallow new sweet
- A sweet spice that’s not been used
- Go with a fresh essence
- Go when given licence to acquire northern flavoured sweet
- Condiment with perfect sweet
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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 = peppermint.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PEPPERMINT mean?
PEPPERMINT noun- A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
- A confection containing extract of peppermint.