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Tax
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it
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Tax article without it (5)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Tax at the end is your definition — a tithe was a levy of a tenth part. For the wordplay, take the article THE and wrap it "without" (that is, around) IT, giving you T-IT-HE, which spells TITHE.