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Permitted to employ a leg man (5)

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I believe the answer is:

legal

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

'leg man' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'Al' (man's name).
'leg'+'al'='LEGAL'

'to employ a' is the link.
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(Other definitions for legal that I've seen before include "within the rules" , "Referring to the law" , "Compliant with the law" , "Constitutional" , "Rightful" .)

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