Implore gunners to accept other ranks, by God! (7)

I believe the answer is:

begorra

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'implore gunners to accept other ranks by god' is the definition.
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'implore gunners to accept other ranks' is the wordplay.
'implore' becomes 'beg' (synonyms).
'gunners' becomes 'RA' (Royal Artillery).
'to accept' is an insertion indicator.
'other ranks' becomes 'or' (military abbreviation).
'beg'+'ra'='begra'
'begra' enclosing 'or' is 'BEGORRA'.

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(Other definitions for begorra that I've seen before include "In Ireland my" , "Paddy's shout?" , "Oirish oath" , "Irish exclamation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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