Crossword Genius

One creche assembled union (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coherence

'union' is the definition.
(coherence is a kind of union)

'one creche assembled' is the wordplay.
'assembled' indicates an anagram.
'one'+'creche'='onecreche'
'onecreche' is an anagram of 'COHERENCE'.

(Other definitions for coherence that I've seen before include "Logical consistency" , "Sticking together" , "union" , "sense of unity" , "ability to talk sense" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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