Give present company a pleasant noun or verb, in scrawled outline, maybe (4,2,1,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
tell us a nice word
'give present company a pleasant noun or verb' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'scrawled outline maybe' is the wordplay.
'maybe' indicates anagramming the letters.
'scrawled'+'outline'='scrawledoutline'
'scrawledoutline' with letters rearranged gives 'TELL US A NICE WORD'.
'in' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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