In a rugged cove, I say (5)

I believe the answer is:

voice

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'say' is the definition.
(I know that voice is a more specific form of the action say)

'in a rugged cove i' is the wordplay.
'cove i' anagrams to 'VOICE'.
Though, I'm not clear how this is indicated.

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(Other definitions for voice that I've seen before include "Sound with which one speaks" , "Give expression to" , "eg Bass" , "Sound produced by humans" , "Put into words" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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