Beelzebub 1309

[doctordolittle]

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Shakespeare's to examine old delicacy about love (5) _OAT_
Spanish article enclosed hard example of former logic (6) ELEN_ _
Message from French Department supported by city hent (7) D_ _E_ _E

With an explanation please

Thanks

[Neveracrossword]

Shakespeare... Roate (Rate with 'o' for love inside)
Message... Depeche, message

[Lie-in King]

2 Elench - 'el' (Sp. "the") + 'enc(losed)' + 'h(ard)'

https://www.wordnik.com/words/elench

[Neveracrossword]

...Spanish article - Elench, relating to argument. I can't parse it any further than 'el' for Spanish!

[doctordolittle]

The second one is ELENCH making the third one D__E_HE and I guess DEPECHE but can't quite figure out the definition

[Neveracrossword]

Depeche - Dep/department +ec/EC/city+he/gent.

[doctordolittle]

I can't find roate in a dictionary, I assume rate means some sort of delicacy.
Best explanation of the derivation of depeche I can do is: de=from in french department= pe? city= c and gent=he?

[doctordolittle]

I have found roate, a variant on rogate...

And relax - it's all over....

[Neveracrossword]

Roate is in Chambers. The delicacy is Roe, I think. I am not good at parsing!