Sugar for a dreamer, weirdly (8)

I believe the answer is:

demerara

(Other definitions for demerara that I've seen before include "Type of brown sugar" , "(Light-brown) sugar" , "South American river - sugar" , "Variety of sugar" , "sweetener" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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