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Enforced when I am ready to be photographed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imposed

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'enforced' is the definition.
('impose' can be a synonym of 'enforce')

'i am ready to be photographed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'i' is found in the answer.
'am' could be 'posed' (posing is a kind of being) and 'posed' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'm' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'when' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for imposed that I've seen before include "enforced" , "set as a task" , "Thrust oneself upon" , "Forced to be accepted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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