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Gift for producing story book in abbreviated form (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talent

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'gift' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'producing story book in abbreviated form' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'story' could be 'tale' (synonyms) and 'tale' is found within the answer.
'book' could be 'nt' (New Testament) and 'nt' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for talent that I've seen before include "Natural ability or quality" , "Special gift" , "that some scouts try to find" , "Natural skill or flair" , "Gift, flair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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