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Deal with enemy, ultimately making pact (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

treaty

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'pact' is the definition.
('treaty' can be a synonym of 'pact')

'deal with enemy ultimately' is the wordplay.
'deal with' becomes 'treat' ('treat' can be a synonym of 'deal with').
'enemy ultimately' becomes 'y' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'treat'+'y'='TREATY'

'making' is the link.

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(Other definitions for treaty that I've seen before include "Compact; concordat" , "Yatter (anag.)" , "Political or private agreement" , "Negotiation" , "Compact - agreement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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