Desperate Dan implores Bob, Eve and Anna, say (11)

I believe the answer is:

palindromes

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'bob eve and anna say' is the definition.
I know that 'anna' relates to this answer.

'desperate dan implores' is the wordplay.
'desperate' indicates anagramming the letters (a desperate or pathetic spelling).
'dan'+'implores'='danimplores'
'danimplores' anagrammed gives 'PALINDROMES'.

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(Other definitions for palindromes that I've seen before include "Mum and Dad, for example" , "Eg, repaper, Hannah" , "Words reading the same both ways" , "eg Pop, DVD and Abba" .)

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