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Hazarded where witch could have ended up? (2,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

at stake

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'hazarded where witch' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'have ended up?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'have' could be 'take' (taking is a kind of having) and 'take' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ats' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'could' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for at stake that I've seen before include "To be won or lost" , "Being risked or bet on" , "Being risked, like money with bookie" , "Being risked, depending on outcome of event" , "where many martyrs died" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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