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I'm pleased nice hero is pious (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goodygoody

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'i'm pleased nice' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'hero is pious' is the wordplay.
'hero' becomes 'goody' (I've seen this before).
'is pious' becomes 'goody' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'goody'+'goody'='GOODYGOODY'

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