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Combined to make notes about it (9)

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composite

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'combined' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'notes about it' is the wordplay.
'notes' becomes 'compose' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'compose' going around 'it' is 'COMPOSITE'.

'to make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for composite that I've seen before include "An amalgam, made up of two or more parts" , "Combined" , "Made up of different elements" , "Motion" , "Formed of distinct parts" .)

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