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Obliged to have levy tied up (4-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

duty-bound

'obliged' is the definition.
(I know that obliged can be written as duty-bound)

'levy tied up' is the wordplay.
'levy' becomes 'duty' (duty is a kind of levy).
'tied up' becomes 'bound' ('bind' can be a synonym of 'tie up').
'duty'+'bound'='DUTY-BOUND'

'to have' is the link.

(Other definitions for duty-bound that I've seen before include "Under an obligation to do something" , "Morally or legally obliged (to do something)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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