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Page one article about clothing? I ask you! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prithee

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'ask you' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'page one article about clothing? i' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'page' could be 'p' and 'p' is found within the answer.
'one' could be 'the' (both can introduce a definite example of something) and 'the' is found within the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is located in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for prithee that I've seen before include "Please - tip here (anag)" , "Please (archaic)" , "Old request" , "Please! (Old English)" .)

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