Convince to do carpeting, but less grand (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
talk into
'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...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talk into that I've seen before include "Persuade" , "make do with gas" .)