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Within a spell, should be taken over (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

bought out

'taken over' is the definition.
('buy out' can be a synonym of 'take over')

'within a spell should' is the wordplay.
'within' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a spell' becomes 'bout' (I've seen this in another clue).
'should' becomes 'ought' (synonyms).
'bout' going around 'ought' is 'BOUGHT OUT'.

'be' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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