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In the house, talk about the part of "Lear" (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chalet

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'part of lear' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'in the house talk about' is the wordplay.
'in the house' becomes 'le' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'talk' becomes 'chat' (chat can mean to talk).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'le' going into 'chat' is 'CHALET'.

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for chalet that I've seen before include "Swiss hut for mountaineers" , "Wooden house of Alpine regions" , "small house" , "Alpine lodge" , "Wooden house with projecting eaves" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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