Go together well before beginning advance (5)

I believe the answer is:

blend

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'go together' is the definition.
(blending is a kind of going together)

'before beginning advance' is the wordplay.
'beginning' suggests taking the first letters.
'advance' becomes 'lend' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'before' is 'b'.
'b'+'lend'='BLEND'

'well' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for blend that I've seen before include "Fusion" , "union" , "Mix together" , "Thorough mixture" , "Intermix" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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