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One hopes you're entering these pleas? (7)

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'these pleas?' is the definition.

'one hopes you're entering' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'an' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for answers that I've seen before include "Rawness (anag)" , "Replies" , "Responds" , "is satisfactory" , "keys" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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