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Becomes relaxed under student charters (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leases

'charters' is the definition.
('lease' can be a synonym of 'charter')

'becomes relaxed under student' is the wordplay.
'becomes relaxed' becomes 'eases'.
'under' says to put letters next to each other.
'student' becomes 'l' (as in L-plates for learner drivers).
'eases' after 'l' is 'LEASES'.

(Other definitions for leases that I've seen before include "Rents out" , "Enters into contract to use, say, land" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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