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Disadvantage: storytelling talent, reportedly? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liability

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'disadvantage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'storytelling talent reportedly?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'talent' could be 'ability' (I've seen this before) and 'ability' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'li' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for liability that I've seen before include "Financial obligation" , "Indebtedness" , "duty" , "Millstone" , "Hindrance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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