The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word URGED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result URGED
- Encouraged to be purified with head obscured
- Advised to be terribly rude but good-hearted
- Pressed four-page ad to be reduced by half
- Rose going topless gets prodded
- Did press find Ecstasy in psychedelic drug?
- Recommended posh starter for girl dressed as Santa?
- Encouraged European in development of drug
- Pushed drug cocktail containing ecstasy
- Strongly advised a bit of latitude, grudgingly turning up
- Moved manufacture of drug, having imported one?
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The straight part
We know that "Encouraged" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case encouraged = urged.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does URGED mean?
URGED verb- To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
- To press the mind or will of; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.
- To provoke; to exasperate.
- To press hard upon; to follow closely.
- To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.
- To treat with forcible means; to take severe or violent measures with.
- To press onward or forward.
- To be pressing in argument; to insist; to persist.