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Dragged to the altar? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

towed

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'dragged' is the definition.
(towing is a kind of dragging)

'the altar?' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'altar?' becomes 'owed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
't'+'owed'='TOWED'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for towed that I've seen before include "drawn" , "Helped when powerless" , "Hauled" , "Pulled along" , "Dragged behind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian and the Evening Standard.
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