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To join one goes to the capital of England (5)

Ross

I think it could be either:

units

unite

'to join' is the definition.
(I know that unite is a kind of fall in)

'one goes to the capital of england' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'unit' (synonyms).
'goes to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the capital of' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'england' is 'e'.
'unit'+'e'='UNITE'

(Other definitions for unite that I've seen before include "Bring together, become one" , "Put together" , "fuse" , "pool resources" , "Connect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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