Looks around very quietly for possibly sweet things (7)
I believe the answer is:
peppers
'possibly sweet things' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
'looks around very quietly' is the wordplay.
'looks' becomes 'peers' (to peer at something is to look at it).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'very quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'peers' going around 'pp' is 'PEPPERS'.
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for peppers that I've seen is " Pelts with shot".)