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Beg for stories about troublemakers? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implore

'beg' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'stories about troublemakers?' is the wordplay.
'stories' becomes 'lore' (lore can mean a body of traditions or learning).
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'troublemakers?' becomes 'imp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'lore' after 'imp' is 'IMPLORE'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for implore that I've seen before include "More lip (anag)" , "press" , "Beg earnestly, beseech" , "Beg earnestly, plead" , "Beg earnestly, entreat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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