Enticed Bashful into action (7)
I believe the answer is:
decoyed
'enticed' is the definition.
(decoying is a kind of enticing)
'bashful into action' is the wordplay.
'bashful' becomes 'coy' (I've seen this before).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'action' becomes 'deed' (deed is a kind of action).
'coy' put within 'deed' is 'DECOYED'.
(Another definition for decoyed that I've seen is " Lured".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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