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Encourage suits to leave suggestion (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

egg on

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'encourage' is the definition.
(to egg somebody on is to encourage them)

'suits to leave suggestion' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'leave' could be 'go' and 'go' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for egg on that I've seen before include "this face is obvious embarrassment" , "Push" , "Urge, impel" , "Urge (someone) to take risks" , "Incite, encourage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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