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Definitively voluble performers perhaps run separate schedules out of line (3,7)

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I believe the answer is:

rap artists

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'definitively voluble performers' is the definition.
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'run separate schedules out of line' is the wordplay.
'run' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'separate' becomes 'apart' (similar in meaning).
'schedules' becomes 'lists'.
'out of' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'lists' with 'l' taken away is 'ists'.
'r'+'apart'+'ists'='RAP ARTISTS'

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(Another definition for rap artists that I've seen is " performers".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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