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Idiot, accepting direction, to have linked community (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

twin town

'linked community' is the definition.

'idiot accepting direction to have' is the wordplay.
'idiot' becomes 'twit' (I've seen this before**).
'accepting' is an insertion indicator.
'direction' becomes 'n' (N is an example).
'to have' becomes 'own' ('own' can be a synonym of 'have').
'twit' going around 'n' is 'twint'.
'twint'+'own'='TWIN TOWN'

(Another definition for twin town that I've seen is " Place paired with one abroad".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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