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Free - let out again (7)

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I believe the answer is:

release

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'free' is the definition.
(to release someone is to free them)

'let out again' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'let' could be 'lease' (as in to lease or let a building) and 'lease' is found within the answer.
'again' could be 're' (prefix meaning 'again') and 're' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for release that I've seen before include "Prisoner eagerly awaits this" , "Authorise publication" , "record" , "Issue" , "put out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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