Item in a classic guessing contest (9)

I believe the answer is:

jellybean

(Other definitions for jellybean that I've seen before include "Brightly coloured sweet with a gelatinous filling" , "Sugar-coated sweet" , "Sweet with a firm sugar coating" , "Kidney-shaped sweet" , "Kind of sweet" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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