Given a permit, a novice uttered a beastly cry (7)
I believe the answer is:
allowed
'given' is the definition.
(allowing is a kind of giving)
'a permit a novice uttered a beastly cry' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'novice' could be 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car) and 'l' is located in the answer.
'uttered' could be 'lowed' (lowing is a kind of uttering) and 'lowed' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for allowed that I've seen before include "Permitted and granted" , "Given permission" , "Owned" , "Gave permission" , "Given the chance" .)