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Change gears, points and lubricants (7)

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I believe the answer is:

greases

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'lubricants' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both substances as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'change gears points' is the wordplay.
'change' is an anagram indicator.
'points' becomes 'Es' (two compass points).
'gears' with letters rearranged gives 'greas'.
'greas'+'es'='GREASES'

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for greases that I've seen before include "Lubricates" , "Bribes" , "One of those animal products" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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