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Talk with Santander, say, to get bond (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rapport

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

'talk with santander say' is the wordplay.
'talk' becomes 'rap' (rapping is a kind of talking).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'santander say' becomes 'port' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rap'+'port'='RAPPORT'

'to get' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rapport that I've seen before include "Relation, connection" , "Feeling of sympathy and understanding" , "Mutual harmony and affinity" , "Feeling of affinity and harmony" , "communion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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