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Hires out a buggy getting permit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

authorise

'permit' is the definition.
(authorising is a kind of permiting)

'hires out a buggy' is the wordplay.
'buggy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hires'+'out'+'a'='hiresouta'
'hiresouta' anagrammed gives 'AUTHORISE'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for authorise that I've seen before include "Give official permission to" , "commission" , "OK" , "Empower, permit" , "Sanction or establish officially" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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