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Rare shock: Charlie allowed in (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scarce

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'rare' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'charlie allowed in' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'C' (phonetic alphabet).
'allowed' becomes 'scare' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'c' put inside 'scare' is 'SCARCE'.

'shock' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for scarce that I've seen before include "Not enough to meet demand" , "Falling short of demand" , "Insufficient to meet demand" , "Few and far between" , "Not plentiful, hard to find" .)

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