Urgently request ancient stories of devils? (7)
I believe the answer is:
implore
'urgently request' is the definition.
(to implore is to beg desperately or urgently)
'ancient stories of devils?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'stories' could be 'lore' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'lore' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'imp' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
(Other definitions for implore that I've seen before include "Beg earnestly, plead" , "Beg earnestly, entreat" , "Beg desperately" , "Ask earnestly" , "More lip (anag)" .)