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Sweets Counterpart Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is SOUR which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
adjective

• having a sharp biting taste

noun

• a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar

• the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth

• the property of being acidic

adjective satellite

• smelling of fermentation or staleness

• one of the four basic taste sensations; like the taste of vinegar or lemons

• in an unpalatable state

• inaccurate in pitch

• showing a brooding ill humor

verb

• go sour or spoil

• make sour or more sour

18%12 Maker or purveyor of candies and other sweets
noun

• someone who makes candies and other sweets

18%13Sweets
noun

• candy and other sweets considered collectively

• a confectioner's shop

• the occupation and skills of a confectioner

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New York Times01 Dec 2020 Across 32
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