Related Clues:

• A stern rap might keep them together
• The North and 'er in bits are working together
• Knock up the terns to work as one
• Mates
• Significant others, in modern parlance
• Law firm bigwigs
• North and south?
• See 27 Across
• Business colleagues with standards holding back lease
• With the circled letters, investors not involved in the management of their businesses
• Close associates in business or life
• Mate's parents working around river
• Collaborators
• Associates or spouses
• People separating to secure new significant others