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Joining figure that is prancing in fur coats (7)

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I believe the answer is:

unifier

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'joining figure that is prancing in fur coats' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'joining figure that is' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'that is' could be 'ie' ('i.e.' can be a synonym of 'that is') and 'ie' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for unifier that I've seen before include "One bringing together" , "Binder" , "Type who joins in" , "It makes one" , "One who amalgamates, consolidator" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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