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Union gets everybody a nice settlement (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alliance

'union' is the definition.
(alliance is a kind of union)

'everybody a nice settlement' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'settlement' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'nice'='anice'
'anice' with letters rearranged gives 'iance'.
'all'+'iance'='ALLIANCE'

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for alliance that I've seen before include "Union for mutual benefit" , "Association for mutual benefit" , "League - treaty" , "The joining by political agreement or treaty" , "match?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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