Pays off rent when told to ask nicely (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
say please
'told to ask nicely' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'pays off rent' is the wordplay.
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'rent' becomes 'lease' (I've seen this in another clue).
'pays' with letters rearranged gives 'sayp'.
'sayp'+'lease'='SAY PLEASE'
'when' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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