...and agree to allow another to speak (5,3,5)
I believe the answer is:
yield the floor
'speak' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are verbs in their base form.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'and agree to allow another' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'agree' could be 'yield' (yielding is a kind of agreeing) and 'yield' is found within the answer.
'another' could be 'r' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'r' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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