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Be there at the first conclusion (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attend

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'be' is the definition.
(I know that attend has the is a more specific form of the action be)

'there at the first conclusion' is the wordplay.
'there' becomes 't' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'the first' says to put letters next to each other.
'conclusion' becomes 'end' (something's conclusion is its end).
't' put after 'at' is 'att'.
'att'+'end'='ATTEND'

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(Other definitions for attend that I've seen before include "Concentrate carefully" , "take heed" , "visit" , "Be present at, say meeting" , "Follow" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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