Take over in east with a rope? (7)

I believe the answer is:

bowline

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'rope?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'take over in east' is the wordplay.
'take over' becomes 'bowl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'east' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'bowl'+'in'+'e'='BOWLINE'

'with a' is the link.

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(Another definition for bowline that I've seen is " Rope".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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