Loveless pair become confused in senseless talk (7)

I believe the answer is:

twaddle

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'senseless talk' is the definition.
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'loveless pair become confused' is the wordplay.
'loveless pair' becomes 'tw' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'become confused' becomes 'addle' (I've seen this before).
'tw'+'addle'='TWADDLE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for twaddle that I've seen before include "Rubbish" , "Trivial speech or writing" , "Senseless talk" , "Stuff and nonsense" , "bunk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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