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Take in only to give solace to (7)

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console

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'give solace to' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'take in only' is the wordplay.
'take in' becomes 'con' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'only' becomes 'sole' (synonyms).
'con'+'sole'='CONSOLE'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for console that I've seen before include "give reassurance" , "Cheer in distress" , "stops may be arranged here" , "Calm" , "Computer games machine" .)

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