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The morning help is easily won over (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amenable

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'easily won over' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'the morning help' is the wordplay.
'the morning' becomes 'am' (as in en:00 AM).
'help' becomes 'enable' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'am'+'enable'='AMENABLE'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amenable that I've seen before include "Open and responsive to suggestion" , "Willing to comply" , "Easily influenced" , "Open to suggestions" , "Compliant - persuadable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail, The Irish News and The Guardian.
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