Possible Clues:

• Spice that tastes like fennel
• Star __: expensive spice
• Licoricelike herb
• Spice used as a breath freshener
• 19-Down flavor
• Spice that tastes like licorice
• Plant that tastes like licorice
• Absinthe flavoring, whose letters are all in 'absinthe'
• Flavouring used in ouzo and similar Mediterranean liquors
• Flavoring for black jellybeans