Am taking these round, as before (3,4)

I believe the answer is:

the same

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'before' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'am taking these round' is the wordplay.
'taking' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'round' indicates an anagram.
'am'+'these'='amthese'
'amthese' with letters rearranged gives 'THE SAME'.

'as' is the link.

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(Another definition for the same that I've seen is " Identical - unchanged".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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