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Girl you reportedly allowed to make a small ring (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

annulet

'a small ring' is the definition.
(ring surrounding a column in architecture)

'girl you reportedly allowed' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Ann' (woman's name).
'reportedly' shows a homophone (sound like).
'allowed' becomes 'let' (to let is to allow or permit).
'you' is a homophone of 'u'.
'ann'+'u'+'let'='ANNULET'

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for annulet that I've seen before include "Heraldic small ring" , "small charge" , "Band around a column; heraldic ring" , "Small band around a column" , "Small ring (heraldry)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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