Sugar container emptied daily (5)

I believe the answer is:

candy

'sugar' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'container emptied daily' is the wordplay.
'container' becomes 'can' (can is a kind of container).
'emptied' means to remove the middle letters.
'daily' with its middle taken out is 'dy'.
'can'+'dy'='CANDY'

(Other definitions for candy that I've seen before include "Crystallised sugar; US sweets" , "American confectionary" , "Sugary sweet" , "American sweets" , "Girl's name (diminutive)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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