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High rent Hall curtailed for entrance (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enthral

'entrance' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'high rent hall curtailed' is the wordplay.
'high' is an anagram indicator (like drunk).
'curtailed' means to remove the last letter.
'rent'+'hall'='renthall'
'renthall' with its last letter taken away is 'renthal'.
'renthal' with letters rearranged gives 'ENTHRAL'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for enthral that I've seen before include "Totally fascinate" , "Hold spellbound" , "yoke" , "Beguile" , "Entrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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