Close screens, partners are entangled! (8)

I believe the answer is:

ensnared

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'entangled' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'close screens partners are' is the wordplay.
'close' becomes 'end' (close can mean to end or finish).
'screens' means one lot of letters goes inside another (screen can mean to cover up).
'partners' becomes 'sn' (South and North are partners in the game bridge).
'sn'+'are'='snare'
'end' enclosing 'snare' is 'ENSNARED'.

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(Other definitions for ensnared that I've seen before include "Caught in a trap" , "Trapped" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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