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Meet one's obligations and, by implication, yap (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pay up

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'meet one's obligations' is the definition.
(eg to pay money owed)

'by implication yap' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'yap' is 'pay' which is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pay up that I've seen before include "Hand over the money" , "Discharge a debt" , "Give me the money!" , "Settle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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