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In which the labour is little different from a candy store? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

sweatshop

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

'little different from a candy store?' is the wordplay.
'little different' becomes 'sweat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'from' says to put letters next to each other.
'a candy store?' becomes 'shop' (candy store is a kind of shop).
'sweat'+'shop'='SWEATSHOP'

'is' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sweatshop that I've seen before include "Place for wretched workers" , "where work is hard" , "Place where long hours are worked for low pay" , "Factory exploiting workers" , "place employing cheap labour" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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