Related Clues:

• Gee! That's sure what the Press did about it
• Pressed the rug over the editor
• Gee, in such a rude way with the Press!
• More than suggested
• Tried to convince
• Pressed the bits of rug over the editor
• Rudge could be made to have applied pressure
• Said 'guilty,' say
• Admitted guilt, say, in court
• Coaxed
• Got down on one's knees, say
• Driven to be purified from the head down
• Encouraged - lost canoe, but still encouraged!
• Prodded some armour - geddit?
• Impelled - encouraged