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Determined daughter getting seated after a struggle (4,3)

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I believe the answer is:

dead set

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

'daughter getting seated after a struggle' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'daughter' could be 'd' and 'd' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'seated' is 'eadset' which is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dead set that I've seen before include "Absolutely - sedated (anag)" , "Bent on - sedated (anag)" , "Absolutely determined, bent on" , "Resolute -- sedated (anag)" , "A determined attack - from moribund group?" .)

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