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By word of mouth round mass meeting (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orally

'by word of mouth' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'round mass meeting' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'mass meeting' becomes 'rally' ('rally' can be a synonym of 'mass meeting').
'o'+'rally'='ORALLY'

(Other definitions for orally that I've seen before include "How one speaks" , "given drugs thus?" , "given by mouth" , "By (word of) mouth" , "via the trap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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