The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 plus 3 letter word IN THE BAG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result IN THE BAG
- Where one may find tea leaves practically secured
- Safely secured fixing eg in bath
- Breathing excitedly with run out secured
- Secured hat, being windy
- Sacked, as job is secured?
- Secured hat being in a storm
- Laboured breathing’s not right – that’s a certainty
- Secure bathing at sea round tip of cove
- Secure as cat before secret has been divulged?
- How tea may be secured
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The straight part
We know that "Safely secured" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case safely secured = in the bag.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.