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A new local ground grant (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allowance

'grant' is the definition.
(I know that allowance is a more specific form of grant)

'a new local ground' is the wordplay.
'ground' indicates an anagram ('grind' the letters into a new form).
'new'+'local'='newlocal'
'newlocal' is an anagram of 'llowance'.
'a'+'llowance'='ALLOWANCE'

(Other definitions for allowance that I've seen before include "income" , "An amount granted for a period" , "Call on with awe for pocket-money or other grant" , "Money for agreed expenses" , "discount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express and The Guardian.
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