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Sugar is adhesive around lettuce (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glucose

'sugar' is the definition.
(type of sugar)

'adhesive around lettuce' is the wordplay.
'adhesive' becomes 'glue' (glue is a kind of adhesive).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'lettuce' becomes 'cos' (cos is a kind of lettuce).
'glue' enclosing 'cos' is 'GLUCOSE'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for glucose that I've seen before include "Form of sugar found in fruit etc" , "Sweet substance" , "something tasting sweet" , "Type of sugar" , "An important source of body energy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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