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Everybody has an excellent right to it

Ross

I believe the answer is:

air

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

'an excellent right to it' is the wordplay.
'an excellent' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'to it' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ai'+'r'='AIR'

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for air that I've seen before include "Mixture of gases, especially oxygen" , "Divulge" , "'Tune, melody (3)'" , "- brick; - bed; - brush" , "Mixture of gases needed for breathing" .)

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