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Winds up sales force having no fear (6)

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I believe the answer is:

closes

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'winds' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'up sales force having no fear' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'having no' suggests deleting specific letters.
'sales'+'force'='salesforce'
'salesforce' with 'fear' taken away is 'slsoce'.
'slsoce' with letters rearranged gives 'CLOSES'.

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(Other definitions for closes that I've seen before include "comes to an end" , "Wind up" , "Shuts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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