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Secured with leather bindings (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strapped

(Other definitions for strapped that I've seen before include "whipped" , "Needy - secured" , "Without, or very short of, money" , "broke" , "beaten" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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