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A way to speak (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stutter

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'speak' is the definition.
(I know that stutter is a more specific form of the action speak)

'a way to' is the wordplay.
'a way' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for street).
'to' becomes 'utter' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'utter'='STUTTER'

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(Other definitions for stutter that I've seen before include "Struggle with one's words" , "Stumble over words" , "Falter" , "Struggle to speak" , "Stammer" .)

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