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Plead with English knight to get something nice (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entreat

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'plead with' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'english knight to get something nice' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'knight' becomes 'N' (chess abbreviation).
'to get' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'something nice' becomes 'treat' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'e'+'n'+'treat'='ENTREAT'

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(Other definitions for entreat that I've seen before include "Request earnestly" , "Beg earnestly or emotionally" , "Sue" , "Beg earnestly, implore" , "go begging?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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