Welcome a learner around cricket club with purpose (7)

I believe the answer is:

acclaim

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'welcome' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a learner around cricket club with purpose' is the wordplay.
'learner' becomes 'l'.
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'cricket club with' becomes 'cc' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'purpose' becomes 'aim' ('aim' can be a synonym of 'purpose').
'a'+'l'='al'
'al' enclosing 'cc' is 'accl'.
'accl'+'aim'='ACCLAIM'

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(Other definitions for acclaim that I've seen before include "commendation" , "Enthusiastic approval" , "Laud" , "Welcome with shouts of applause" , "Great public praise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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