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Recommend writing about odd characters in plot (7)

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I believe the answer is:

propose

'recommend' is the definition.
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'writing about odd characters in plot' is the wordplay.
'writing' becomes 'prose' (I have seen 'Ordinary writing ' mean 'prose' so perhaps 'writing' could also mean 'prose').
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'odd characters in' means one should take alternating letters (the letters at odd-numbered positions).
The alternate letters of 'plot' are 'po'.
'prose' going around 'po' is 'PROPOSE'.

(Other definitions for propose that I've seen before include "advance" , "Intend" , "Put forward a plan" , "Put forward (motion)" , "Put forward for consideration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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