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Father getting to run with Oscar and Virginia in Alabama gets everyone's blessing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

approval

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'blessing' is the definition.
(I know that blessing can be written as approval)

'father getting to run with oscar and virginia in alabama gets everyone's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'run' could be 'r' (cricket abbreviation) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'oscar' could be 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'virginia' could be 'va' (US state abbreviation) and 'va' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for approval that I've seen before include "endorsement" , "Consent or sanction" , "Blessing" , "Favourable opinion or official permission" , "Leave" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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