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Something to bear to the other side? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

across

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'side?' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'something to bear to the other' is the wordplay.
'something to bear' becomes 'cross' (I've seen this before).
'to' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'the other' becomes 'a' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'cross' after 'a' is 'ACROSS'.

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(Other definitions for across that I've seen before include "Facing" , "From side to side, like this clue" , "As this is entered" , "Traversing" , "From one side to another" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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