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Appealing E in Algebra, unfortunately, and English (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agreeable

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'appealing' is the definition.
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'e in algebra unfortunately and english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'e' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'algebra' is 'agreabl' which is within the remaining letters.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for agreeable that I've seen before include "delightful" , "Pleasant, pleasing" , "Cordial" , "sympathetic" , "Willing - nice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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