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Two articles about permit for gymnast, perhaps (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athlete

'gymnast perhaps' is the definition.
(gymnast is a kind of athlete)

'two articles about permit' is the wordplay.
'two articles' becomes 'athe' (article meaning part of speech: the, a etc.).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'permit' becomes 'let' ('let' can be a synonym of 'permit').
'athe' placed around 'let' is 'ATHLETE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "Person trained to compete in sports" , "E.g. runner or jumper" , "eg Dean Macey" , "One trained to compete in sports" , "Competitive runner, e.g." .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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