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Get together with a staggering number of people at the FA Cup Final? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

gate

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'number of people at the fa cup final?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'get together with a staggering' is the wordplay.
'together with' says to put letters next to each other.
'staggering' indicates an anagram (letters stagger around).
'get' after 'a' is 'aget'.
'aget' anagrammed gives 'GATE'.

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(Other definitions for gate that I've seen before include "Number of people admitted to a sporting event" , "Doorway" , "Entrance (money)" , "Field entrance" , "Airport boarding point" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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