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Renovate the pier, please! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

prithee

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

'renovate the pier' is the wordplay.
'renovate' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'renovated' mean this).
'the'+'pier'='thepier'
'thepier' is an anagram of 'PRITHEE'.

(Other definitions for prithee that I've seen before include "Please! (Old English)" , "Old request" , "Please - tip here (anag)" , "Please (archaic)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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