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Agrees to put the lot in bonds (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tallies

'agrees' is the definition.
('tally' can be a synonym of 'agree')

'the lot in bonds' is the wordplay.
'the lot' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'bonds' becomes 'ties' (I've seen this in another clue).
'all' placed into 'ties' is 'TALLIES'.

'to put' is the link.

(Other definitions for tallies that I've seen before include "Records" , "Reckons debt or score" , "Recordings" , "Matches, corresponds" , "Agrees; scores" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian, The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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