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Talkative dear has answer for everything, initially (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

expansive

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'talkative' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'dear has answer for everything initially' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'answer' could be 'ans' (abbreviation for answer) and 'ans' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for expansive that I've seen before include "Lavish" , "Talkative" , "Genial" , "Wide-ranging" , "Covering a wide area" .)

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