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Is in contact with Joan and Sid perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adjoins

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'is in contact' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'joan and sid perhaps' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'joan' put after 'sid' is 'sidjoan'.
'sidjoan' anagrammed gives 'ADJOINS'.

'with' is the link.

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(Another definition for adjoins that I've seen is " Lies adjacent to".)

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