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Hangs together with knotted string on the street in Paris (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

rings true

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'hangs together' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'knotted string on the street in paris' is the wordplay.
'knotted' is an anagram indicator.
'on' is an insertion indicator.
'the street in paris' becomes 'rue' ('street' in French).
'string' is an anagram of 'ingstr'.
'ingstr' put inside 'rue' is 'RINGS TRUE'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rings true that I've seen before include "Sounds genuine" , "Sounds convincing" , "Sounds accurate like a clear-toned bell" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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