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One is glad to be so close (9)

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I believe the answer is:

alongside

'close' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'one is glad to be' is the wordplay.
'to be' indicates an anagram.
'one'+'is'+'glad'='oneisglad'
'oneisglad' anagrammed gives 'ALONGSIDE'.

'so' is the link.

(Other definitions for alongside that I've seen before include "Bordering" , "Aligned so as to be next to, as ship moored to pier" , "Parallel to" , "Adjacent to" , "Age-old sin (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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