Be worthy of or entitled to (7)
I believe the answer is:
deserve
(Other definitions for deserve that I've seen before include "Merit, earn" , "Severed (anag)" , "Warrant" , "Be worth" , "rate" .)
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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