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Enabled to lift the phone (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

let

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'enabled to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'lift the phone' is the wordplay.
'lift' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'lifted' mean this (going up in down clue)).
'the phone' becomes 'tel'.
'tel' in reverse letter order is 'LET'.

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(Other definitions for let that I've seen before include "Award (a contract)" , "Allow the obstruction" , "Permitted" , "Service that must be repeated" , "Allow, don't hinder" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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