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Engineers a pierhead, we gather (4)

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I believe the answer is:

reap

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'gather' is the definition.
(reaping is a kind of gathering)

'engineers a pierhead' is the wordplay.
'engineers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'pierhead' becomes 'p' (head letter of 'pier').
're'+'a'+'p'='REAP'

'we' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for reap that I've seen before include "Cut or gather (a harvest)" , "Use a scythe" , "'As you sow, so shall you . . . .'" , "Cut and gather (crop)" , "Gather 23dn" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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