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Turing secures D-Day and independence with rubber, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aladdin

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'rubber perhaps' is the definition.
'aladdin' can be an answer for 'rubber' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'perhaps' bit.

'turing secures d-day and independence' is the wordplay.
'turing' becomes 'alan' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'secures' indicates putting letters inside.
'd-day' becomes 'dd' ('d' said with a stammer like 'day' was; abbreviation for day).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'independence' becomes 'i'.
'dd'+'i'='ddi'
'alan' going around 'ddi' is 'ALADDIN'.

'with' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for aladdin that I've seen before include "Magical lamp rubber" , "And dial up the owner of a magic lamp" , "[FAIRY STORY REF]" , "Finder of magic lamp in Arabian tale" , "Pantomime boy with magic lamp" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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