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Cream mixed with a liberal sugar syrup (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

caramel

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'sugar syrup' is the definition.
'caramel' can be an answer for 'syrup' (I have seen 'Browned syrup ' mean 'caramel' so perhaps 'syrup' could also mean 'caramel'). I am not certain of the 'sugar' bit.

'cream mixed with a liberal' is the wordplay.
'mixed with' indicates anagramming the letters.
'liberal' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'cream' with its letters mixed up with 'a' can make 'carame'.
'carame'+'l'='CARAMEL'

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(Other definitions for caramel that I've seen before include "Chewy sweet - burnt sugar" , "Browned syrup" , "It's produced by heating sugar until brown" , "Soft sweet" , "Cooked sugar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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