Crossword Genius

Is interrupting a player with imperfect speech (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lisp

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'imperfect speech' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'is interrupting a player' is the wordplay.
'interrupting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a player' becomes 'lp' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'is' going inside 'lp' is 'LISP'.

'with' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for lisp that I've seen before include "Non-standard pronunciation" , "Be unable to pronounce S" , "Speak with defective sibilants" , "Thpeak like thith" , "Talk like thith" .)

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