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Bondage TV series not entirely scrapped, receiving backing of the French (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

servitude

'bondage' is the definition.
(servitude is a kind of bondage)

'tv series not entirely scrapped receiving backing of the french' is the wordplay.
'not entirely' means to remove the last letter (not all of the word).
'scrapped' is an anagram indicator.
'receiving' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'backing' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'of the french' becomes 'du' ('of the' in French).
'du' in reverse letter order is 'ud'.
'tv'+'series'='tvseries'
'tvseries' with its final letter taken away is 'tvserie'.
'tvserie' anagrammed gives 'servite'.
'servite' placed around 'ud' is 'SERVITUDE'.

(Other definitions for servitude that I've seen before include "Bondage" , "State of slavery" .)

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