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Contract worker cursing company at first? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

covenant

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'contract' is the definition.
(I know that covenant is a type of contract)

'worker cursing company at first?' is the wordplay.
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
'cursing company' becomes 'coven' (I have seen 'Company of witches' mean 'coven' so perhaps 'company' could also mean 'coven'. I am not sure about the 'cursing' bit.).
'at first?' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ant' after 'coven' is 'COVENANT'.

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(Other definitions for covenant that I've seen before include "Concordat, compact" , "Signed agreement between two or more to do something" , "Formal agreement between two or more parties" , "Pact" , "Binding agreement between two parties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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