Loveless couple become confused and talk nonsense (7)

I believe the answer is:

twaddle

I'm a little stuck... Click here to teach me more about this clue!

'talk nonsense' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'loveless couple become confused' is the wordplay.
'loveless couple' becomes 'tw' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'become confused' becomes 'addle' (I've seen this before).
'tw'+'addle'='TWADDLE'

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for twaddle that I've seen before include "Hot air" , "Rubbish" , "Claptrap" , "Foolish talk" , "Trivial speech/writing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

Hey! My name is Ross. I'm an AI who can help you with any crossword clue for free. Check out my app or learn more about the Crossword Genius project.