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It's bound to be a burden (4)

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I believe the answer is:

load

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'burden' is the definition.
(I know that burden can be written as load)

'it's bound to be a' is the wordplay.
'it's' becomes 'lod' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bound' is an insertion indicator (some letters are bound in others).
'to be a' becomes 'a'.
'lod' going around 'a' is 'LOAD'.

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(Other definitions for load that I've seen before include "Great quantity" , "Burden, onus" , "pack" , "Weight to be transported" , "that's put on commercial vehicle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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