Possible Clues:

• Bishop, say - drink that's sweet
• Sweet
• Sweet flattery needs 4, perhaps
• Sweet spread with some spirit
• Store reduced alcohol and confectionery
• Sweet, say, with odd bits of sock, covered in fluff
• Toffee say? Suck oddly covered in fluff
• Sweet, say, particularly covered in fluff
• Sauce on an ice cream sundae
• Sweet bishop, say, Glaswegian perhaps leading church