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Answer for the clue "Only somewhat sugary, as chocolate ", 9 letters:
semisweet

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Word definitions for semisweet in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Partially sweet or sweetened but having a distinct bitter component. Especially used to describe dark chocolate which is much less sugary than milk chocolate.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also semi-sweet , 1943, from semi- + sweet .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having a taste that is a mixture of bitterness and sweetness [syn: bittersweet ]

Usage examples of semisweet.

Consider: one usually sips a semisweet liqueur, especially an expensive one.

He seemed especially proud of his cooking, and both his rich coffee and his marvelous cake-crisp plump halves of black walnuts thickly distributed through buttery batter and a semisweet chocolate frosting-indicated a mastery of solid, downhome, country-style cuisine.

Stir in a cup of sifted flour, half a teaspoon of salt, a cup of chopped filberts, and a cup of semisweet chocolate in small chunks.

The man had a voice that mimicked the semisweet chocolate of his face: it was thick and dark and smooth.

He was well over six feet tall, had a nice build, and was the color of semisweet chocolate.

She ate gourmet cookies, dried apricots, semisweet chocolate and Wheat Thins dipped in raspberry preserves, making as big a mess as possible as she went, deriving a small, vengeful satisfaction from her destruction.

And those eyes, a deep, rich brown that reminded her of semisweet chocolate.

But he could still smell the rank, semisweet esters of a pre-spice pocket somewhere underneath this sand.

You can make milk chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, white chocolate, semisweet chocolate: it's still all chocolate.

By now, the dough was cool, and, with clean hands, Lucy kneaded in chopped pecans and semisweet chocolate and butterscotch chips.