Discusses grants (7)

I believe the answer is:

confers

I believe this is a double definition.

'discusses' is the first definition.
(conferring is a kind of discussing)

'grants' is the second definition.

(Other definitions for confers that I've seen before include "Bestows" , "Gives" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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