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Justification (7)

Ross

I think it could be either:

pretext

grounds

'justification' is the definition.
(I have seen 'False justification ' mean 'pretext' so perhaps 'justification' could also mean 'pretext')

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for pretext that I've seen before include "Fictitious reason in order to conceal the real one" , "Excuse, ruse" , "Excuse for an action" , "Fictitious excuse" , "Reason put forward to conceal the true one" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Telegraph.
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