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Held firmly and beaten (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strapped

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'beaten' is the definition.
(strapping is a kind of beating)

'held firmly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'held' could be 'trapped' (trapping is a kind of holding) and 'trapped' is present in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for strapped that I've seen before include "Like one who may need a loan" , "broke" , "not generating enough cash?" , "- - for cash (hard up)" , "beaten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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