Irritates with too much talk about inexperienced drivers (5)
I believe the answer is:
galls
'irritates' is the definition.
(galling is a kind of irritating)
'talk about inexperienced drivers' is the wordplay.
'talk' becomes 'gas' (gas can mean to chat).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'inexperienced drivers' becomes 'll' (an abbreviation for learner driver written twice).
'gas' placed around 'll' is 'GALLS'.
'with too much' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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