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Sweet silencer? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gobstopper

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This might be a double definition.

'sweet' is the first definition.
(type of large sweet)

'silencer?' is the second definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for gobstopper that I've seen before include "Hard round sweet" , "Large, hard spherical sweet" , "Big sweet" , "Large, hard sweet to suck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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