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Romeo, through special licence, gets ring (8)

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I believe the answer is:

encircle

'ring' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'romeo through special licence' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'through' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'special' indicates anagramming the letters.
'licence' is an anagram of 'encicle'.
'r' put inside 'encicle' is 'ENCIRCLE'.

'gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for encircle that I've seen before include "Surround" , "Ring round" , "Contain" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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