Inventing tale, guard rang us for sweet substance (10,5)

I believe the answer is:

granulated sugar

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'sweet substance' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'inventing tale guard rang us' is the wordplay.
'inventing' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'invented' mean this).
'tale'+'guard'+'rang'+'us'='taleguardrangus'
'taleguardrangus' anagrammed gives 'GRANULATED SUGAR'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for granulated sugar that I've seen before include "sweetener needed" , "White sweetener" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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