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Mark an attractive way of speaking (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acute accent

'mark' is the definition.
(acute accent is a kind of mark)

'an attractive way of speaking' is the wordplay.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'attractive' becomes 'cute' ('cute' can be similar in meaning to 'attractive').
'way of speaking' becomes 'accent' (I've seen this before).
'a'+'cute'+'accent'='ACUTE ACCENT'

(Another definition for acute accent that I've seen is " This vowel adjustment".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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