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Can church get round king for consent (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clearance

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'consent' is the definition.
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'can church get round king' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
'get' indicates putting letters inside.
'round' is a reversal indicator.
'king' becomes 'rael' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'rael' reversed gives 'lear'.
'can'+'ce'='cance'
'cance' placed around 'lear' is 'CLEARANCE'.

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for clearance that I've seen before include "Removing ball from defensive area" , "Permission to proceed" , "evacuation" , "spare room" , "eviction from land" .)

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