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School checks faculty have good reasons for rifle permit? (6,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

search warrant

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'rifle permit?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'school checks faculty have good reasons' is the wordplay.
'school' becomes 'sch' (abbreviation).
'checks' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are checked or controlled).
'faculty' becomes 'ear' (ear is a kind of faculty).
'have' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'good reasons' becomes 'warrant' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sch' going around 'ear' is 'search'.
'search'+'warrant'='SEARCH-WARRANT'

'for' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for search warrant that I've seen before include "Police right of entry" , "legal document" , "Permission to look for stolen goods" , "permit to probe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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