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Yeats composed 'Plead for a Piece of Cake' (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

easy task

'piece of cake' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'yeats composed plead' is the wordplay.
'composed' indicates an anagram.
'plead' becomes 'ask' (I've seen this in another clue).
'yeats' is an anagram of 'easyt'.
'easyt'+'ask'='EASY TASK'

'for a' acts as a link.

(Another definition for easy task that I've seen is " piece of cake".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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