Soft, silvery-white metal (6)

I believe the answer is:

sodium

(Other definitions for sodium that I've seen before include "Common salt is ...... chloride" , "Chemical in salt" , "The Na in NaCl" , "Soft metal, symbol Na" , "Metal present in common salt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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