Prepare by cooking with sugar (8)

I believe the answer is:

preserve

(Other definitions for preserve that I've seen before include "Keep alive, maintain" , "Toast option" , "Area of activity" , "Keep safe or in unchanged condition" , "Keep alive; jam" .)

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

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