Old story: talk of translated article by Proust (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
folk tale
'old story' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'talk of translated article by proust' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'talk' is 'lkta' which is located in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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