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Wage produced from plain writing? Sweet! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prosecute

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'wage' is the definition.
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'writing? sweet' is the wordplay.
'writing?' becomes 'prose' (prose is ordinary writing as opposed to poetry).
'sweet' becomes 'cute' (cute can mean sweet or adorable).
'prose'+'cute'='PROSECUTE'

'produced from plain' is the link.
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(Other definitions for prosecute that I've seen before include "Practise" , "Represent the Crown in court" , "Bring before a criminal court" , "Sue" , "Pursue" .)

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