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Knees apart, prayed for someone wise to intercede (3-6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bow-legged

'knees apart' is the definition.

'prayed for someone wise to intercede' is the wordplay.
'prayed for' becomes 'begged'.
'someone wise' becomes 'owl' (proverbially wise animal).
'to intercede' means one lot of letters goes inside another (intercede can mean to go between).
'begged' enclosing 'owl' is 'BOW-LEGGED'.

(Another definition for bow-legged that I've seen is " Bandy".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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