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Convince to do carpeting, but less grand (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

talk into

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'convince' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to do carpeting but less grand' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is found in the answer.
'grand' could be 'k' (both can mean a thousand pounds or dollars) and 'k' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for talk into that I've seen before include "Persuade" , "make do with gas" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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