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Everyone calling to expel Victor and Grant (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allocation

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'grant' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'everyone calling to expel victor and' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'everyone' could be 'all' (all people) and 'all' is found in the answer.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for allocation that I've seen before include "budget" , "Apportionment" , "Share" , "Distribution, assignment" , "Allotment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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