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Company men bringing in a bit of trade for Sky (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

firmament

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'sky' is the definition.
(the firmament means the sky)

'company men bringing in a bit of trade' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'firm' (firm can mean a company or business).
'men' becomes 'm' (abbreviation).
'bringing in' is an insertion indicator.
'bit of trade' becomes 'ent' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'firm'+'m'='firmm'
'firmm' placed around 'a' is 'firmam'.
'firmam'+'ent'='FIRMAMENT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for firmament that I've seen before include "Heavens, sky" , "The starry heaven" , "outer space, encapsulated" , "Sky (literary)" , "The celestial sphere" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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