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Mesmerized by Alexander Graham's weight, according to Spooner (10)

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I believe the answer is:

spellbound

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'mesmerized' is the definition.
(I know that mesmerized can be written as spellbound)

'alexander graham's weight according to spooner' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'weight' could be 'lb' (lb is a kind of weight) and 'lb' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for spellbound that I've seen before include "Enraptured" , "attending solidly" , "Transfixed, mesmerised" , "Entranced" , "Fascinated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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