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Country fellow’s entering for right to vote (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

franchise

'right to vote' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'country fellow's entering' is the wordplay.
'country' becomes 'france' (France is an example).
'fellow's' becomes 'his' (belonging to a man).
'entering' indicates putting letters inside.
'france' enclosing 'his' is 'FRANCHISE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for franchise that I've seen before include "Rights assigned by authorisation" , "The right to vote in a parliamentary election." , "rights of citizenship" , "commercial concession" , "Authorisation to sell a company's goods or services in a specified area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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