Having a connection (to) (8)

I believe the answer is:

relating

(Other definitions for relating that I've seen before include "account" , "Telling, narrating" , "Narrating, recounting" , "Rendering" , "Connecting things in thought or meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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