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Germanium, brown coal and jelly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

gelignite

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'jelly' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'germanium brown coal' is the wordplay.
'germanium' becomes 'Ge' (Ge is the chemical symbol for germanium).
'brown coal' becomes 'lignite' (synonyms).
'ge'+'lignite'='GELIGNITE'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gelignite that I've seen before include "Explosive used in mining" , "Tieing leg up in explosive" , "factor in altering mine?" , "source of flare-up" , "(E.g. quarry) explosive" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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