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Stick a sovereign among some of the guests! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glue

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'stick' is the definition.
(to stick with glue)

'a sovereign among some of the guests' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sovereign' could be 'l' (sovereign can mean pound and therefore L) and 'l' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'gue' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for glue that I've seen before include "Sticky substance" , "Paste" , "agent with sticking power" , "Stick together" , "Fixative" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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