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Little swimmer prepared to plead (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tadpole

'little swimmer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'prepared to plead' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'plead'='toplead'
'toplead' with letters rearranged gives 'TADPOLE'.

(Other definitions for tadpole that I've seen before include "Old tape (anag.)" , "Larval toad" , "young swimmer" , "Potential frog" , "wriggler?" .)

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