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Rare shock where Charlie enters (6)

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I believe the answer is:

scarce

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

'shock where charlie enters' is the wordplay.
'shock where' becomes 'scare' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'enters' is an insertion indicator.
'scare' placed around 'c' is 'SCARCE'.

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(Other definitions for scarce that I've seen before include "Not often come across" , "Not enough to meet demand" , "Rare shock Conservative getting in" , "exceptional" , "Hardly" .)

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