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Like people's first charter? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

please

'like' is the definition.
(pleasing is a kind of liking)

'people's first charter?' is the wordplay.
'first' says to take the initial letters.
'charter?' becomes 'lease' ('lease' can be a synonym of 'charter').
The first letter of 'peoples' is 'p'.
'p'+'lease'='PLEASE'

(Other definitions for please that I've seen before include "Give happiness" , "Delight, satisfy" , "Would you mind" , "See pal (anag) -- charm" , "Polite addition to a request" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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