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Confidence in a team (5)

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aside

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'confidence' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'a team' is the wordplay.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'a'+'side'='ASIDE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for aside that I've seen before include "remark, incidentally" , "Away from main action" , "Quiet words spoken" , "Actor's line directed solely to audience" , "I.e. sad (anag.)" .)

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