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Helping with alacrity, agree to settle best rent (5,2,6)

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I believe the answer is:

eager to please

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'helping with alacrity' is the definition.
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'agree to settle best rent' is the wordplay.
'to settle' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'settling' mean this (settle can mean to solve or sort out)).
'best' becomes 'top' (top can mean the very best).
'rent' becomes 'lease' (I've seen this before).
'agree' with letters rearranged gives 'eager'.
'eager'+'top'+'lease'='EAGER TO PLEASE'

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(Another definition for eager to please that I've seen is " Obliging".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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