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Garlic mayonnaise: superior colloid used regularly (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aioli

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'garlic mayonnaise' is the definition.
(aioli is a condiment)

'superior colloid used regularly' is the wordplay.
'superior' becomes 'ai' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'used regularly' means one should take alternating letters.
The alternate letters of 'colloid' are 'oli'.
'ai'+'oli'='AIOLI'

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(Other definitions for aioli that I've seen before include "Garlic 9" , "Mayonnaise with garlic" , "Garnish" , "Garlicky mayonnaise" , "mayonniase" .)

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