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Please speak without shaking fist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satisfy

'please' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'speak without shaking fist' is the wordplay.
'speak' becomes 'say' (I've seen this before).
'without' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'shaking' is an anagram indicator.
'fist' with letters rearranged gives 'tisf'.
'say' placed around 'tisf' is 'SATISFY'.

(Other definitions for satisfy that I've seen before include "Fulfill requirements" , "Provide enough" , "Meet; please" , "Meet a want or need" , "Meet (requirements)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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