Cable individually taking top off in a persuasive way (9)
I believe the answer is:
coaxingly
'in a persuasive way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'cable individually taking top off' is the wordplay.
'cable' becomes 'coax cable' (coax cable is a kind of cable).
'individually' becomes 'singly' (synonyms).
'taking top off' means to remove the first letter.
'singly' with its initial letter taken off is 'ingly'.
'coax'+'ingly'='COAXINGLY'
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