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Encourage, say, good (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egg

'encourage' is the definition.

'say good' is the wordplay.
'say' becomes 'eg'.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'eg'+'g'='EGG'

(Other definitions for egg that I've seen before include "Food from a hen" , "The advertising slogan exhorted us to go to work on one" , "Breakfast food, perhaps" , "Item with a yolk" , "Good, boiled, yoke or head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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