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Cancels the law about bell-ringing (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

repeals

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'cancels' is the definition.
(repealing is a kind of cancelling)

'law about bell-ringing' is the wordplay.
'law' becomes 'res' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'bell ringing' becomes 'peal' (I've seen this in another clue).
'res' going around 'peal' is 'REPEALS'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for repeals that I've seen before include "Annuls an act" , "Sets aside" .)

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