Sweet company's manoeuvres to get cuddly (7)

I believe the answer is:

nestles

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'sweet company's manoeuvres' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
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(Another definition for nestles that I've seen is " Snuggles".)

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