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Fixed or varying diet? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tied

'fixed' is the definition.
(tying is a kind of fixing)

'varying diet?' is the wordplay.
'varying' indicates anagramming the letters.
'diet' with letters rearranged gives 'TIED'.

'or' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tied that I've seen before include "Roped into diet" , "Restricted, bound" , "Made bow" , "Drawn" , "With an equal score" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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