Dental silk sometimes used after candy (5)
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I believe the answer is:
floss
'dental silk' is the definition.
'floss' can be an answer for 'silk' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'dental' bit.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for floss that I've seen before include "Clean between the teeth" , "What dentist could recommend" , "flower in Victorian novel" , "A mass of silky fibres - dental?" , "Eliot's river" .)