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Inducement of sex rejected in advance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

motive

'inducement' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'sex rejected in advance' is the wordplay.
'sex' becomes 'it' (a common euphemism).
'rejected' is a reversal indicator.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'advance' becomes 'move'.
'it' reversed gives 'ti'.
'ti' put inside 'move' is 'MOTIVE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for motive that I've seen before include "Underlying purpose" , "Reason for doing something, perhaps a crime" , "What induces one to take a certain action" , "Reason for doing something, say murder" , "Purpose - reason" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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