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Citizen cutting flower, with permission (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

licitly

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'citizen cutting flower with permission' is the definition.
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'citizen cutting flower' is the wordplay.
'citizen' becomes 'cit' (old-fashioned abbreviation for citizen).
'cutting' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut their way into a word).
'flower' becomes 'lily' (I've seen this before).
'cit' inserted within 'lily' is 'LICITLY'.

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