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Bound to serve half of your King Edward (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yoked

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'bound' is the definition.
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'half of your king edward' is the wordplay.
'half of' means to take half the letters.
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'edward' becomes 'Ed' (short for Edward).
'your' cut in half is 'yo'.
'yo'+'k'+'ed'='YOKED'

'to serve' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for yoked that I've seen before include "Joined together" , "with a burden to bear?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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