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Electricity given up - agreed? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acceded

'agreed?' is the definition.
(acceding is a kind of agreeing)

'electricity given up' is the wordplay.
'electricity' becomes 'AC' (AC is an example).
'given up' becomes 'ceded' ('cede' can be a synonym of 'give up').
'ac'+'ceded'='ACCEDED'

(Other definitions for acceded that I've seen before include "'Agreed, acquiesced (7)'" , "Assented" , "Agreed to demand" , "Consented to" , "Yielded to another's wishes" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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