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A raconteur might be a snitch (4,5)

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I believe the answer is:

tell tales

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'a raconteur might' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'a snitch' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'snitch' could be 'tell' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'tell' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tales' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'be' is the link.

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(Another definition for tell tales that I've seen is " put in sneaky report".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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