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Bishop and I agree to provide extras (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

byes

'extras' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bishop and i agree' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'i agree' becomes 'yes' (both are affirmative answers).
'b'+'yes'='BYES'

'to provide' is the link.

(Other definitions for byes that I've seen before include "Cricket extras" , "Scores" , "In cricket, runs scored from balls that pass the batman without being hit" , "Runs not from bat" , "Extra runs" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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