Section of government ran census for lobby (8)
I believe the answer is:
entrance
'lobby' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'section of government ran census' is the wordplay.
'section of' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'ENTRANCE' is hidden in the letters of 'government ran census'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for entrance that I've seen before include "lobby?" , "seventeen [POSTERN], perhaps" , "Enchant" , "Coming onto the stage" , "Capture" .)