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Chatty homosexual bishops are boring (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gabby

'chatty' is the definition.
(I know that chatty can be written as gabby)

'homosexual bishops are boring' is the wordplay.
'homosexual' becomes 'gay' (synonyms).
'bishops' becomes 'bb' (a chess abbreviation for bishop written twice).
'are boring' is an insertion indicator (some letters must 'bore' a hole into other letters).
'gay' going around 'bb' is 'GABBY'.

(Another definition for gabby that I've seen is " Given to talking too much".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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