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Hoarsely talk of right snake (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rasp

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'hoarsely talk' is the definition.
'rasp' can be an answer for 'talk' (rasping is a kind of talking). I am unsure of the 'hoarsely' bit.

'right snake' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'snake' becomes 'asp' (asp is a kind of snake).
'r'+'asp'='RASP'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rasp that I've seen before include "Grating noise; file" , "Coarse file or grating sound" , "Make a grating noise" , "fruit" , "Filing tool" .)

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