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Company, at this point substantive, sticks together (7)

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I believe the answer is:

coheres

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'sticks together' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'company at this point substantive' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'at this point' becomes 'here' (here means in this place).
'substantive' becomes 's' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'co'+'here'+'s'='COHERES'

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(Other definitions for coheres that I've seen before include "is consistent" , "Sticks to" .)

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