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Kicks given no censure surprisingly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

renounces

'kicks' is the definition.
(kick can mean to give up or renounce)

'given no censure surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'surprisingly' indicates an anagram.
'no' put after 'censure' is 'censureno'.
'censureno' anagrammed gives 'RENOUNCES'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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