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Admit Lee was no match for him (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grant

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'admit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'lee was no match for him' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'no' could be 'n' (common abbreviation) and 'n' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'grat' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for grant that I've seen before include "Confer" , "cash allowance?" , "Bestow; bursary" , "Concede, like an American general" , "Allow (something)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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