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Verily, each comes to a sticky end! (3)

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I believe the answer is:

yea

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

'each comes to a sticky end' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'each' could be 'ea' and 'ea' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'y' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for yea that I've seen before include "Aye; aye (anag.)" , "Affirmative, colloquially" , "Certainly (archaic)" , "I'm pro" , "Archaic affirmative answer" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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