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Kingdoms about to receive charity (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

realms

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'kingdoms' is the definition.
(I know this)

'to receive charity' is the wordplay.
'to receive' becomes 're' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'charity' becomes 'alms' (alms is a kind of charity).
're'+'alms'='REALMS'

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for realms that I've seen before include "Domains - provinces" , "Kingdoms, domains" , "Domains ruled by king or queen" , "regions" , "Fields of activity or interest - sound monarchical" .)

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