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Citizen with confidence in charitable organisation (8,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

national trust

'charitable organisation' is the definition.
(UK conservation society)

'citizen with confidence' is the wordplay.
'citizen' becomes 'national' (national can mean a citizen of a country).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'confidence' becomes 'trust' (synonyms).
'national'+'trust'='NATIONAL TRUST'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for national trust that I've seen before include "Heritage organisation" , "Preservationists" , "Heritage conservation charity" , "charitable organisation" , "Preservation body" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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