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Emphasis in local speech? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accent

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This clue could be a double definition.

'emphasis' is the first definition.
(synonyms)

'local speech?' is the second definition.
'accent' can be an answer for 'speech?' (accent is a kind of speech). I'm unsure of the 'local' bit.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for accent that I've seen before include "Stress, emphasis" , "Pronunciation in a locality" , "it could be grave" , "A diacritic mark" , "Special emphasis" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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