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Liberal, easy, not into enforcing norms toward beginners (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lenient

'liberal' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'easy not into enforcing norms toward beginners' is the wordplay.
'easy' becomes 'le' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'beginners' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'not into enforcing norms toward' is 'nient'.
'le'+'nient'='LENIENT'

(Other definitions for lenient that I've seen before include "Mild and tolerant" , "Forgiving, gentle" , "Forgiving, soft" , "Soft-hearted" , "Indulgent, lax" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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