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Staggered round city — time to be taken back into house (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reelected

'be taken back into house' is the definition.
(eg re-elected to the House of Commons)

'staggered round city time' is the wordplay.
'staggered' becomes 'reeled' ('reel' can be a synonym of 'stagger'**).
'round' is an insertion indicator.
'city' becomes 'ec' (the City of London postcode).
'time' becomes 't'.
'ec'+'t'='ect'
'reeled' enclosing 'ect' is 'REELECTED'.

'to' is the link.

(Another definition for reelected that I've seen is " Back in".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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