I encourage comic to entertain Juliet, sweet thing (6,5)

I believe the answer is:

orange juice

'sweet thing' is the definition.
(I know this)

'i encourage comic to entertain juliet' is the wordplay.
'comic' is an anagram indicator.
'to entertain' indicates putting letters inside.
'juliet' becomes 'J' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'i'+'encourage'='iencourage'
'iencourage' anagrammed gives 'orangeuice'.
'orangeuice' placed around 'j' is 'ORANGE JUICE'.

(Another definition for orange juice that I've seen is " Citrus drink".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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