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Places to go and feel bad about America allowing free movement of paperwork? (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loose-leaf

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'free movement of paperwork?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'places to go and feel bad about america' is the wordplay.
'places to go' becomes 'loos' (places to go to the toilet).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'bad' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'america' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation eg in USA).
'feel' with letters rearranged gives 'elef'.
'elef' enclosing 'a' is 'eleaf'.
'loos'+'eleaf'='LOOSE-LEAF'

'allowing' is the link.

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(Other definitions for loose-leaf that I've seen before include "With pages that can be easily rearranged" , "Like some folders" , "Allowing the insertion and removal of pages" , "(Of a folder) with removable sheets" , "Describes binder with allows addition and removal of pages" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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