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Country housing trendy European secured (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chained

'secured' is the definition.
(chaining is a kind of securing)

'country housing trendy european' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'chad' (Chad is an example).
'housing' is an insertion indicator.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'in'+'e'='ine'
'chad' going around 'ine' is 'CHAINED'.

(Another definition for chained that I've seen is " In fetters".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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