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Press learning to support naughty child (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

implore

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

'learning to support naughty child' is the wordplay.
'learning' becomes 'lore' (both can mean tradition or knowledge).
'to support' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters hold others up).
'naughty child' becomes 'imp' (informal term for a misbehaving child).
'lore' put after 'imp' is 'IMPLORE'.

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

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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