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End spoken language (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

finish

'end' is the definition.
(I know that end can be written as finish)

'spoken language' is the wordplay.
'spoken' shows a homophone (sound like).
'language' becomes 'Finnish' (language of Finland).
'finnish' is a homophone of 'FINISH'.

(Other definitions for finish that I've seen before include "Perfect" , "train socially" , "Cease, conclude" , "Complete or terminate" , "Pefect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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