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 quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'talk' is 'lkta' which is present in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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