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Desperately looking for processed cheese in search engine (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beseeching

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'desperately looking' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'processed cheese in search engine' is the wordplay.
'processed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'search engine' becomes 'Bing' (Bing is a search engine).
'cheese' is an anagram of 'eseech'.
'eseech' going into 'bing' is 'BESEECHING'.

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for beseeching that I've seen before include "Pleading" , "Begging" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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