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Musical play Toil adapted as Refugee Status (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

political asylum

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'musical play itoili adapted' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'as irefugeei istatusi' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'as' could be 'ala' (French 'a la' - 'in the style of') and 'ala' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for political asylum that I've seen before include "refuge?" , "State protection" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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