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Merger company landed with current working (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coalition

'merger' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'company landed with current working' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'landed' becomes 'alit' (I've seen this before).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'working' becomes 'on' (on can mean working or activated).
'co'+'alit'+'i'+'on'='COALITION'

(Other definitions for coalition that I've seen before include "Temporary alliance" , "form of government" , "Alliance of parties" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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