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Notice speech habit (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addiction

'habit' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'notice speech' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad'.
'speech' becomes 'diction' (I've seen this before).
'ad'+'diction'='ADDICTION'

(Other definitions for addiction that I've seen before include "Something to kick" , "Obsession" , "The origin of dependence" , "Compulsive habit" , "I did act on (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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