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As uitlander, potentially, awarded citizenship? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naturalised

'awarded citizenship?' is the definition.
(as in a naturalised citizen)

'as uitlander potentially' is the wordplay.
'potentially' indicates anagramming the letters (letters have the potential to spell a new word).
'as'+'uitlander'='asuitlander'
'asuitlander' is an anagram of 'NATURALISED'.

(Other definitions for naturalised that I've seen before include "Adapted to habitat" , "Adopted as citizen - adapted to new situation" , "acculturated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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