1) SA cuckoos 2) American cuckoos 3) Anisette 4) Arabic boy name 5) Birds 6) Black american cuckoos 7) Black birds 8) Black cuckoos 9) Black flock 10) Blackbirds 11) Cannes cordial flavoring 12) Colonial black cuckoos 13) Colonial blackbirds 14) Colonial cuckoos 15) Cordial flavoring 16) Cordoba cordial Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/anis
(from the article `absinthe`) ...for export to those countries prohibiting true absinthe. Beverages developed as substitutes, similar in taste but lower in alcohol content and ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/77