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Represented as an edible line in confectionery (7,4)

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I believe the answer is:

aniseed ball

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'confectionery' is the definition.
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'represented as an edible line' is the wordplay.
'represented' indicates anagramming the letters.
'line' becomes 'l'.
'as'+'an'+'edible'='asanedible'
'asanedible' anagrammed gives 'aniseedbal'.
'aniseedbal'+'l'='ANISEED BALL'

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(Other definitions for aniseed ball that I've seen before include "Strongly-flavoured sweet" , "Flavoursome sweet" , "Pungent sweet" .)

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