Possible Clues:

• Persuade Nigel I've changed
• Sweet-talk model believing head's gone
• Persuade to use unfinished rail line's termini
• Persuade by cajolery
• Con could make living with ease on the outside
• Model given lei to persuade local with flattery
• Persuade earl overcome by dissolute living to take Ecstasy
• Induce to speak violently against the French — not hard
• Persuade by trickery — given lie (anag)
• Lure