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Granted a room at credit centre (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awarded

'granted' is the definition.
('award' can be a synonym of 'grant')

'a room at credit centre' is the wordplay.
'room' becomes 'ward' (I've seen this before).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The centre of 'credit' is 'ed'.
'a'+'ward'+'ed'='AWARDED'

(Other definitions for awarded that I've seen before include "Bestowed on the basis of merit" , "Granted as a prize" , "Gave a prize to" , "assigned" , "Gave on the basis of merit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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