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Note that is penned in Church season, allowing freedom? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lenient

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'allowing freedom?' is the definition.
'lenient' can be an answer for 'allowing' (thesaurus). I'm unsure of the 'freedom?' bit.

'note that is penned in church season' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'n' (abbreviation).
'that is' becomes 'ie' (short for Latin 'id est', 'that is').
'penned in' indicates putting letters inside.
'church season' becomes 'lent' (I've seen this in another clue).
'n'+'ie'='nie'
'nie' put inside 'lent' is 'LENIENT'.

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(Other definitions for lenient that I've seen before include "Forgiving, soft" , "Soft on the rules" , "Not severe in punishing" , "Forbearing" , "Soft-hearted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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