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Supple Mary cooked sweet stuff (5,5)

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I believe the answer is:

maple syrup

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'sweet stuff' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'supple mary cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'supple'+'mary'='supplemary'
'supplemary' anagrammed gives 'MAPLE SYRUP'.

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(Another definition for maple syrup that I've seen is " Sticky (Canadian?) foodstuff".)

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