Community's developing endless local ties (8)

I believe the answer is:

societal

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'community's' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'developing endless local ties' is the wordplay.
'developing' is an anagram indicator (letters developed into a new form).
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'local' with its last letter taken away is 'loca'.
'loca'+'ties'='locaties'
'locaties' with letters rearranged gives 'SOCIETAL'.

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(Another definition for societal that I've seen is " of a community".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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