Needs to set points out (7)
I believe the answer is:
denotes
'points out' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'needs to set' is the wordplay.
'set' indicates anagramming the letters (instruction to set the letters).
'needs'+'to'='needsto'
'needsto' with letters rearranged gives 'DENOTES'.
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I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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