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Joins Charlie East in the slips maybe (7)

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I believe the answer is:

splices

'joins' is the definition.
(splicing is a kind of joining)

'charlie east in the slips maybe' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'east' becomes 'e' (synonyms).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'c'+'e'='ce'
'slips' anagrammed gives 'splis'.
'ce' put inside 'splis' is 'SPLICES'.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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