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Lead on? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

leashed

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'lead on?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs, they are not in the same form of the verb.

'lead on?' is the wordplay.
'lead' becomes 'leash' (synonyms).
'on?' becomes 'ed' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'leash'+'ed'='LEASHED'

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(Another definition for leashed that I've seen is " restricted".)

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