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Plead for a fairy tale? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implore

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'plead for' is the definition.
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'a fairy tale?' is the wordplay.
'a fairy' becomes 'imp' (imp is a kind of fairy).
'tale?' becomes 'lore' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'imp'+'lore'='IMPLORE'

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(Other definitions for implore that I've seen before include "press" , "Beg earnestly, entreat" , "Beg earnestly, plead" , "Beg earnestly, beseech" , "More lip (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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