It's nice, perhaps, when one gives encouragement (7)

I believe the answer is:

incites

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'it's nice perhaps when one gives encouragement' is the definition.
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'it's nice perhaps' is the wordplay.
'perhaps' indicates anagramming the letters.
'its'+'nice'='itsnice'
'itsnice' anagrammed gives 'INCITES'.

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(Other definitions for incites that I've seen before include "Encourages" , "Eggs on" , "Provokes or stirs up" , "Provokes to action" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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