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They're of one accord (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ayes

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'they're' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'one accord' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
'accord' becomes 'yes' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'yes'='AYES'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ayes that I've seen before include "They express assent" , "Nautical affirmatives" , "Voting assents" , "The yes votes at committee meeting" , "Nautical positive responses" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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