The Times 28527

[TioMateo]

Just two parsing queries :- Check energy in sweet food (4,6) S?E? G?N?E?. Looks like STEM GINGER, but is Ginger valid for "energy", and is STEM GINGER really valid for "sweet food"?.

What peer has, back from old country with retro-style fashion (7) D?K?D?M. Obviously has to be DUKEDOM (what peer has). I can see UK as "country" and DOM as mod (reversed), but don't get the D..E or how it all hangs together.

[klazomaniac]

D (back of [ol]D)
UK = Country
Mode (reversed) [retro]

[klazomaniac]

To make that more clear

retro = reversed
Mode = fashion

[donny48]

Stem Ginger is the preserved fresh young roots of the ginger plant. The roots are are peeled, sliced and cooked in sugar syrup.
make someone or something more lively.
"she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up"

[Toorak]

Ginger looks fine - see definition 4

noun
noun: ginger; plural noun: gingers
1.
a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied.
short for ginger ale.
2.
a SE Asian plant, which resembles bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken.
3.
a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour.
DEROGATORY•INFORMAL
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4.
a quality of energy or spiritedness.
"the ginger had gone out of the men"

Stem ginger is sweet - cooked in syrup