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A daughter calling for permission to enter (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

admission

'permission to enter' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a daughter calling' is the wordplay.
'a daughter' becomes 'ad' (I've seen this in other clues).
'calling' becomes 'mission' (I've seen this before).
'ad'+'mission'='ADMISSION'

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for admission that I've seen before include "Access" , "for which one may be charged" , "Permission to enter" , "Right to enter" , "Entree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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