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Praise ace with 250 — ace Izetti is! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

acclaim

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'praise' is the definition.
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'ace with 250 ace izetti is' is the wordplay.
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'c50' becomes 'ccl' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ace' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'izetti is' becomes 'I'm' (where the crossword setter is 'Izetti').
'a'+'ccl'+'a'+'im'='ACCLAIM'

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(Other definitions for acclaim that I've seen before include "Enthusiastic and public praise" , "Welcome with shouts of applause" , "Laud" , "Plaudits" , "Declare" .)

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