Give advice to (7)
I believe the answer is:
counsel
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">give advice to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for counsel that I've seen before include "Recommend - barrister" , "Guidance" , "kept by the secretive" , "kept by the uncommunicative" , "Advice; barrister" .)