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Delight to hear statements from the defendant (6)

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I believe the answer is:

please

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'delight' is the definition.
(I know that delight can be written as please)

'hear statements from the defendant' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'statements' could be 'pleas' (plea is a kind of statement) and 'pleas' is found in the answer.
'from' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for please that I've seen before include "Give satisfaction to" , "Cause (someone) to feel satisfied" , "See pal (anag) -- charm" , "'Delight, gratify (6)'" , "if you don't mind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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