Honeybunch (5 letters)

{ Answer }

SUGAR

{ Related Clues }

Doubled, a 1969 #1 hit song
"When I Take My ___ to Tea"
Make superficially palatable
Maple syrup need
How sweet it is!
Result of raising cane
Crystals used for dishes
Honeyed word
Sweetie pie
Some lumps
"Brown ___," Jagger hit
Kitchen staple
Term of endearment
Pet name
___ Ray Leonard
Tea drinker's request
Kind of plum
Cuban export
Ingredient of a girl
Lactose, e.g.
Dearie
Toots
Maple variety
Babydoll
Some cubes
Darling
___ daddy
Doll
Hon
Honeyed words

{ Tags }

daddy, darling, dearie, doll, endearment, hit, hon, honeybunch, honeyed, kind, lactose, lumps, maple, palatable, ray, some, sugar, sweetie, tea, term, word

{ Notes }

The answer SUGAR is common and appears about once every 275 puzzles.

{ Definition }

SUGAR as a noun:

1. (sugar, refined sugar) = a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative

2. (carbohydrate, saccharide, sugar) = an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

3. (boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum) = informal terms for money

SUGAR as a verb:

1. (sugar, saccharify) = sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea"