| Sugary pastry | 13 |
| Diamond ditty | 13 |
| Song with the lyric "How can I hurt when holdin' you?" | 68 |
| Neil Diamond classic | 20 |
| "Very nice, Ms. Kennedy!" | 35 |
| Municipality famed for its sugary leafy vegetables? | 51 |
| Confectioner's curious deduction? | 37 |
| 1969 Shirley MacLaine musical | 29 |
| 1966 musical starring Gwen Verdon | 33 |
| 1966 musical about a taxi dancer | 32 |
| "If They Could See Me Now" musical | 44 |
| Guns N' Roses song about a colt? | 36 |
| Guns N' Roses hit | 21 |
| Guns N' Roses song about a baby swathed in fur? | 51 |
| Unfermented apple juice | 23 |
| Tender ears | 11 |
| It may have big ears | 20 |
| Fourth of July earful | 21 |
| Peaches' accompaniment | 26 |
| Pleasant surprise for a buyer | 29 |
| Especially favorable agreement | 30 |
| "That's a great price!" | 37 |
| Herrick's choice in dress | 29 |
| "Beddy-bye" | 21 |
| Last words after being tucked in? | 33 |
| 1985 Jessica Lange film | 23 |
| ''Beddy-bye'' | 29 |
| Make more attractive | 20 |
| Add Splenda to | 14 |
| Equal-ize? | 10 |
| Add, as to the pot | 18 |
| Add value to, as a deal | 23 |
| Add sugar, e.g. | 15 |
| Mollify; alleviate | 18 |
| Make sugary | 11 |
| Make more tempting, as a deal | 29 |
| Make more enticing | 18 |
| Make more attractive, in a way | 30 |
| Make less bitter, in a way | 26 |
| Make less bitter | 16 |
| Make better, as a deal | 22 |
| Dulcify | 7 |
| Better, as an offer | 19 |
| Add sugar to | 12 |
| Add honey to | 12 |
| Add chips to the pot | 20 |
| Add aspartame | 13 |
| Made more attractive | 20 |
| Made more attractive, as a deal | 31 |
| When Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate-chip cookie, she __ | 62 |
| Upped the stakes | 16 |
| Made a deal more enticing | 25 |
| It may help close the deal | 26 |
| Deal incentive | 14 |
| Chip added to a poker pot | 25 |
| Deal-closing aids | 17 |
| Sugar and others | 16 |
| Further inducements | 19 |
| Aids in closing deals | 21 |
| Adds, as to the pot | 19 |
| Adds sugar | 10 |
| Softens the mood of | 19 |
| Adds to a poker pot | 19 |
| Adds instruments to make a lusher sound | 39 |
| Makes an offer more desirable | 29 |
| Adds chips | 10 |
| Toss in more chips | 18 |
| Make a deal more enticing | 25 |
| Increase one's offer, as in negotiations | 44 |
| More saccharine | 15 |
| More sugary | 11 |
| Saccharin, vis-a-vis sugar | 26 |
| Less acrid | 10 |
| Having more lumps? | 18 |
| Having more fructose | 20 |
| Harder-won, perhaps | 19 |
| Containing more sugar | 21 |
| Most sugary | 11 |
| Most saccharine | 15 |
| Most melodious | 14 |
| "Success is counted ___ / By those who ne'er succeed": Dickinson | 78 |
| Tree that yields fragrant balsam | 32 |
| Aromatic tree with star-shaped leaves | 37 |
| Affectionate pet name | 21 |
| One's valentine | 19 |
| Kind of labor contract | 22 |
| "___ Tree," Mercer-Mancini song: 1965 | 47 |
| Golden parachute, e.g. | 22 |
| Special business offering | 25 |
| Executive's golden parachute, e.g. | 38 |
| Dishonest transaction | 21 |
| Beloved golden parachutes? | 26 |
| Dear business offerings? | 24 |
| Transactions with too-good terms | 32 |
| Special business offerings | 26 |
| Golden parachutes, e.g. | 23 |
| Popular bouquet flower | 22 |
| Two flowers going steady | 24 |
| Victor Herbert operetta: 1913 | 29 |
| Victor Herbert musical: 1913 | 28 |