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Promise to limit one rent’s rising in support of local area? (9,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

community spirit

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'promise to limit one rent's rising in support' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'local area?' is the wordplay.
'local' becomes 'community' (similar in meaning).
'area?' becomes 'spirit' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'community'+'spirit'='COMMUNITY SPIRIT'

'of' is the link.

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