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Allowances made for disturbance on stair? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rations

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'allowances made for' is the definition.
'rations' can be an answer for 'allowances' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'made for' bit.

'disturbance on stair?' is the wordplay.
'disturbance' indicates an anagram.
'on'+'stair'='onstair'
'onstair' is an anagram of 'RATIONS'.

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(Other definitions for rations that I've seen before include "Portions of food in time of scarcity" , "Commons" , "Foodstuffs" , "Food as issued" , "Limits (supplies)" .)

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