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Hi, I'm relatively new to cryptics.

The clue is from Icryptic 1708 by phi

9A. This month's record for working together (2,4) answer is IN STEP

How does 'this month's' in the first part of this clue relate to the letters INST???

Thanks in advance

Inst

Def

Adj. 1. inst - in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"

Inst is a typing shortcut for 'this month'

Full phrase

instante mense, meaning a date of the current month,

p.s. if you haven't heard of inst then you might not know ult which setters occasionally use for the last month

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ult

Thanks for all the help guys