Informers Swiss hero pursues, as mentioned in speech (9)
I believe the answer is:
telltales
'informers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'swiss hero pursues as mentioned in speech' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hero' could be 'tell' (I have seen 'Swiss hero ' mean 'tell' so perhaps 'hero' could also mean 'tell') and 'tell' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tales' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for telltales that I've seen before include "Sneaks" , "Revealers of secrets" .)