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Finishes strike action around redundancies and closures (4)

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I believe the answer is:

ends

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'closures' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'finishes strike action around redundancies' is the wordplay.
'finishes' suggests the final letters (I've seen 'finish' mean this).
The final letters of 'strike action around redundancies' are 'ENDS'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ends that I've seen before include "Poles, aims" , "Finishes (could be loose or dead?)" , "ambitions" , "Stops in dens" , "Terminates, concludes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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