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Get round pear used for cooking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

persuade

'get' is the definition.
(I know that get is a is a kind of of persuade)

'pear used for cooking' is the wordplay.
'for cooking' indicates an anagram (letters prepared or cooked into a new form).
'pear'+'used'='pearused'
'pearused' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSUADE'.

'round' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for persuade that I've seen before include "Convince or induce, maybe coax" , "Induce or convince to do something" , "Talk round" , "Convince by argument" , "Bring round" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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