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Sit back after begging chap to find insect (7,6)

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I believe the answer is:

praying mantis

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'insect' is the definition.
(praying mantis is a kind of insect)

'sit back after begging chap' is the wordplay.
'sit back' becomes 'tis' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'begging' becomes 'praying' ('pray' can be a synonym of 'beg').
'chap' becomes 'man' (I've seen this before).
'praying'+'man'='prayingman'
'tis' after 'prayingman' is 'PRAYING MANTIS'.

'to find' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for praying mantis that I've seen before include "Rags in my paint (anag) -insect" , "Small creature" , "Large carnivorous insect" , "Pagan ministry (anag.)" , "Predatory insect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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