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Punched by employee, bound to be arrested? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

handcuffed

'bound to be arrested?' is the definition.
(bound at the hands during an arrest)

'punched by employee' is the wordplay.
'punched' becomes 'cuffed'.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'employee' becomes 'hand' (hand is a kind of employee).
'cuffed' after 'hand' is 'HANDCUFFED'.

(Another definition for handcuffed that I've seen is " manacled".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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