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Sweet drink on the rocks? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liquorice

'sweet' is the definition.
(liquorice is a kind of sweet)

'drink on the rocks?' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'liquor' (liquor is a kind of drink**).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the rocks?' becomes 'ice' (I've seen this before).
'liquor'+'ice'='LIQUORICE'

(Other definitions for liquorice that I've seen before include "Assortment of sweets sold as a mixture" , "Pontefract cake ingredient" , "Confectionary flavoured with root extract" , "Strange flavour of a Rio clique" , "Plant that's root is used in confectionery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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