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Connect with a lost buddy finally? Letter may provide that (2-7)

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I believe the answer is:

co-tenancy

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'letter may provide that' is the definition.
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'connect with a lost buddy finally?' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'lost' indicates anagramming the letters.
'finally?' says to take the final letters (I've seen 'finally' mean this).
The final letter of 'buddy' is 'y'.
'connect'+'a'='connecta'
'connecta' is an anagram of 'cotenanc'.
'cotenanc'+'y'='CO-TENANCY'

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