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Securing
hearing
without
resistance
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Securing hearing without resistance (5)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, so Securing is your definition there, pointing to tying or fastening something down. Now think of a court hearing — that's TRYING — and "without resistance" tells you to knock out the R (that's the abbreviation for resistance), which leaves you with TYING.