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Permit put on phone lock (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ringlet

'lock' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'permit put on phone' is the wordplay.
'permit' becomes 'let' ('let' can be a synonym of 'permit').
'put on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'phone' becomes 'ring' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'phone').
'let' after 'ring' is 'RINGLET'.

(Other definitions for ringlet that I've seen before include "Hair curl, of an Irish dancer perhaps" , "Long curl of hair" , "Cluster of hair" , "Curl of hair; butterfly" , "Curling lock of hair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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