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Welcome when sporting cane, cap etc (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acceptance

'welcome' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sporting cane cap etc' is the wordplay.
'sporting' is an anagram indicator.
'cane'+'cap'+'etc'='canecapetc'
'canecapetc' with letters rearranged gives 'ACCEPTANCE'.

'when' is the link.

(Other definitions for acceptance that I've seen before include "Toleration" , "Modified Cape accent gets approval" , "Ability to tolerate" , "Favourable reception" , "Recognition" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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