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Admit leaving College Green (5)

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allow

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'admit' is the definition.
(allowing is a kind of admiting)

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(Other definitions for allow that I've seen before include "Permit or concede" , "Permit or agree" , "Tolerate" , "Grant" , "Sanction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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