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Request enjoyment? Not certainly (4)

Ross

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plea

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'request' is the definition.
(plea is a kind of request)

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(Other definitions for plea that I've seen before include "Urgent request" , "Earnest appeal" , "Urgent entreaty" , "suit" , "Excuse - pretext" .)

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