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One held in a house with broken gates? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hostage

'one held' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a house with broken gates?' is the wordplay.
'a house' becomes 'ho' (abbreviation for house).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'gates' with letters rearranged gives 'stage'.
'ho'+'stage'='HOSTAGE'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for hostage that I've seen before include "One held for money" , "Prisoner kept as security" , "One caught" , "Captive held for ransom" , "Prisoner held as security" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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