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Tied up reportedly for safekeeping (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trust

'safekeeping' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'tied up reportedly' is the wordplay.
'tied up' becomes 'trussed' ('truss' can be a synonym of 'tie up').
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'trussed' sounds like 'TRUST'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for trust that I've seen before include "Unit of NHS organisation" , "Fidelity" , "commercial credit" , "Hope, expect" , "Pin one's faith on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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