Eliminates English jokes in speech (6)
I believe the answer is:
egests
'eliminates' is the definition.
('egest' can be a synonym of 'eliminate')
'english jokes in speech' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'jokes in speech' becomes 'gests' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'e'+'gests'='EGESTS'
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(Another definition for egests that I've seen is " Eliminates".)
I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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