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Shared by bee and newt perhaps (7)

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I believe the answer is:

between

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'shared' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'bee and newt perhaps' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'perhaps' indicates an anagram.
'bee' put after 'newt' is 'newtbee'.
'newtbee' with letters rearranged gives 'BETWEEN'.

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for between that I've seen before include "Separating (two things)" , "In the period separating (two events)" , "Amidst" , "In the space dividing" , "Amid" .)

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