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America guaranteed to be plentiful (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abound

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'plentiful' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'america guaranteed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'america' could be 'a' (common abbreviation eg in USA) and 'a' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'bound' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to be' is the link.

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(Other definitions for abound that I've seen before include "Be plentiful, swarm" , "flourish" , "Exist in large numbers" , "Exist in large quantities" , "grow on trees" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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