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The man's in a joint that's sticky (8)

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I believe the answer is:

adhesive

'sticky' is the definition.
('adhesive' can be similar in meaning to 'sticky')

'the man's in a joint' is the wordplay.
'the man's' becomes 'hes' (he's).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'joint' becomes 'dive' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'dive'='adive'
'hes' inserted into 'adive' is 'ADHESIVE'.

'that's' is the link.

(Other definitions for adhesive that I've seen before include "Tending to stick" , "What a sticker" , "Tacky" , "doing some bonding" , "It sticks things together" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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