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Welsh party rejected holding hands with everyone (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

world

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

'welsh party rejected holding hands' is the wordplay.
'welsh' becomes 'w'.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'hands' becomes 'rl' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'do' written backwards gives 'od'.
'od' placed around 'rl' is 'orld'.
'w'+'orld'='WORLD'

'with' is the link.

(Other definitions for world that I've seen before include "Planet like the earth" , "we're happy to be on top of" , "Cosmos" , "Symphony with 1a [NEW]" , "place Columbus set sail from with 1a [OLD]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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