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I see you said, not long ago, to follow skill with eloquence (12)

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I believe the answer is:

articulately

'with eloquence' is the definition.
('articulately' can be a synonym of 'with eloquence')

'i see you said not long ago to follow skill' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'c' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'said' shows a homophone (sound like).
'not long ago' becomes 'lately' (I've seen this before).
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other.
'skill' becomes 'art' (I've seen this before).
'you' sounds like 'u'.
'i'+'c'+'u'+'lately'='iculately'
'iculately' after 'art' is 'ARTICULATELY'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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