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Sounds like there's lots in this treaty (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pact

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'this treaty' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'sounds like there's lots in' is the wordplay.
'sounds like there' becomes 'pat' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lots' becomes 'c'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pat' enclosing 'c' is 'PACT'.

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(Other definitions for pact that I've seen before include "'Accord, treaty (4)'" , "Agreement, bargain" , "Agreement, covenant" , "deal" , "Alliance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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