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Fine once to cry madly for sweets? (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

confectionery

'sweets?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fine once to cry madly' is the wordplay.
'madly' is an anagram indicator.
'fine'+'once'+'to'+'cry'='fineoncetocry'
'fineoncetocry' is an anagram of 'CONFECTIONERY'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for confectionery that I've seen before include "sweet things" , "Sweets, chocolates, etc" , "Sugary stuff" , "Certify on cone (anag)" , "Sweets, chocolate etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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