It's spoken in suburban Tunbridge Wells (5)

I believe the answer is:

bantu

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'it's spoken' is the definition.
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'in suburban tunbridge wells' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates a hidden word.
'BANTU' can be found hidden inside 'suburban tunbridge wells'.

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(Other definitions for bantu that I've seen before include "African tongue" , "Family of southern African languages" , "Group of languages including Swahili and Xhosa" , "Type of language" , "Group of Niger-Congo languages" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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