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Father Time stops glib talk (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patter

'glib talk' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'father time stops' is the wordplay.
'father' becomes 'pater' (old-fashioned term for father).
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'stops' means one lot of letters goes inside another (to stop can mean to block a gap).
'pater' placed around 't' is 'PATTER'.

(Other definitions for patter that I've seen before include "Sound of quick light taps, rain or little feet" , "Run with light steps" , "Rapid and glib speech, perhaps for sales" , "Rapid and glib talk" , "Comedian's rapid jokes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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