The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SECURED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SECURED
- Fixed small issue finally: healthy again
- Children keeping dog that's fast
- Having collateral tied up?
- Tethered dog surrounded by children
- Managed to get fixed after emptying space
- Pip has taken dog in to be tied up
- Tethered dog tucked into fruity bit
- When children are about the dog is tied up
- Sow gets dog tied up
- Tied up dog, with sow around
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What does SECURED mean?
SECURED verb- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
- To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To plight or pledge.