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Affair bringing stories with it (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

relationship

'affair' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stories with it' is the wordplay.
'stories' becomes 'relations' (relation is a kind of story).
'with it' becomes 'hip' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'relations'+'hip'='RELATIONSHIP'

'bringing' is the link.

(Other definitions for relationship that I've seen before include "emotional tie-up" , "Family connection" , "Association, connection" , "Emotional bond" , "Emotional association between two people" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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