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Broken tie with adult brings freedom (8)

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I believe the answer is:

latitude

'freedom' is the definition.
(I know that latitude is a type of freedom)

'broken tie with adult' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'tie' after 'adult' is 'adulttie'.
'adulttie' is an anagram of 'LATITUDE'.

'brings' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for latitude that I've seen before include "'Leeway, scope (8)'" , "Unrestricted" , "Poles' approach increases such" , "seen the world over" , "Imaginery line around the earth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Telegraph.
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