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Go ahead and stay with me (2,2,5)

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I believe the answer is:

be my guest

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'go ahead' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stay with me' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'stay' could be 'be' (stay can mean to continue to be a certain way) and 'be' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for be my guest that I've seen before include "Do as you wish!" , "Go ahead" , "as 1 [HOTELIERS] might say" , "Help yourself!" , "do stay with me" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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