Three-card trick has been given a licence (9)

I believe the answer is:

chartered

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'been given a licence' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'three-card trick' is the wordplay.
'trick' indicates an anagram (a tricky version of the letters).
'three'+'card'='threecard'
'threecard' with letters rearranged gives 'CHARTERED'.

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for chartered that I've seen before include "Leased" , "Hired privately" , "Professionally qualified - not scheduled" , "Engaged" , "Hired, a boat perhaps, for exclusive use" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.

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