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Natural drug ages terribly as a sweetener (10,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

granulated sugar

'a sweetener' is the definition.
(I know that granulated sugar is a type of sugar)

'natural drug ages terribly' is the wordplay.
'terribly' is an anagram indicator.
'natural'+'drug'+'ages'='naturaldrugages'
'naturaldrugages' anagrammed gives 'GRANULATED SUGAR'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for granulated sugar that I've seen before include "sweetener needed" , "White sweetener" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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