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Caught one at tea party with Queen that’s a fast talker (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chatterer

'a fast talker' is the definition.

'caught one at tea party with queen' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'one at tea party' becomes 'hatter' (character at a tea party in Alice in Wonderland).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'queen' becomes 'er' (abbreviation for Elizabeth Regina).
'c'+'hatter'+'er'='CHATTERER'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chatterer that I've seen before include "babbler" , "Gossip" , "One talking idly or rapidly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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