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Have a Sweet Tooth

What it means

Crave sugary things reliably enough that other people plan around it.

Where it comes from

Tooth once meant taste or appetite, so a sweet tooth was a liking rather than a body part. The usage goes back to around the 1300s, long before sugar was cheap.

The puzzle it came from

Have a Sweet Tooth was the answer to the Phrasicle of September 4, 2025. The clue read Have a ____ ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Have a Sweet Tooth

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