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Sweets that make money (5)

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I believe the answer is:

mints

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'sweets' is the definition.
(mint is a kind of sweet)

'make money' is the wordplay.
'make' becomes 'mint' (I've seen this before).
'money' becomes 's' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mint'+'s'='MINTS'

'that' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mints that I've seen before include "Pennyroyals" , "produces coinage" , "Plants including the pennyroyal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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