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In Paris, my old box contains top-class speech (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

monologue

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'speech' is the definition.
(monologue is a kind of speech)

'in paris my old box contains top-class' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'old' could be 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'top-class' could be 'u' (as in U and non-U speech) and 'u' is found within the answer.
'box' could be 'loge' ('loge' can be a synonym of 'box') and 'loge' is present in the leftover letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for monologue that I've seen before include "speaking without interruption" , "Soliloquy" , "Long solo speech" , "Long uninterrupted speech" , "Long and tedious speech" .)

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