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Not well versed about essential part of procedure, shows warrant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deserve

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'warrant' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'not well versed about essential part of procedure' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'versed' is 'deserv' which is within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'shows' is the link.

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(Other definitions for deserve that I've seen before include "Severed (anag)" , "rate" , "Be worth" , "Justify" , "Merit, earn" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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