European Union's contribution to the glue factory (4)

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uefa

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'european union's' is the definition.
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'contribution to the glue factory' is the wordplay.
'contribution to' indicates a hidden word.
'UEFA' can be found hidden inside 'glue factory'.

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(Other definitions for uefa that I've seen before include "Football cup" , "Governing body of soccer in Europe" , "Organisers of Champions League" , "Sporting administrator" , "Soccer union (abbrev.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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