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Entice one into a club (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bait

'entice' is the definition.
(baiting is a kind of enticing)

'one into a club' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a club' becomes 'bat' (bat is a kind of club).
'i' placed within 'bat' is 'BAIT'.

(Other definitions for bait that I've seen before include "Annoy; enticement" , "Lure; deliberately taunt" , "Tempt" , "Food on a hook to attract fish" , "N in radio comms" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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