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Licence charge about right -- act married! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

freedom

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'licence charge' is the definition.
'freedom' can be an answer for 'licence' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'charge' bit.

'right act married' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'free' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'act' becomes 'do' (I've seen this in other clues).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'free'+'do'+'m'='FREEDOM'

'about' is the link.

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(Other definitions for freedom that I've seen before include "Autonomy" , "'. . . . . . .'s just another word for nothin' left to lose' (Kristofferson)" , "Liberty, civil liberty" , "Independence" , "Political militant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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