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Considers the endless requirements in printing (6)

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I believe the answer is:

thinks

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'considers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to thinking as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'the endless requirements in printing' is the wordplay.
'endless' means to remove the last letter.
'requirements in printing' becomes 'inks' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the' with its last letter taken off is 'th'.
'th'+'inks'='THINKS'

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(Other definitions for thinks that I've seen before include "Exercises the mind" , "Ponders" , "Reflects, cogitates" , "Believes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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