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Part of tedious speech to the West Bromwich Albion hosts (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blah

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'part of tedious speech' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'to the west bromwich albion hosts' is the wordplay.
'to the west' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters written right to left or 'east to west').
'hosts' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue.
'halb' is hidden in the letters of 'bromwich albion'.
'halb' in reverse letter order is 'BLAH'.

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(Other definitions for blah that I've seen before include "Stupid 20" , "Rhubarb" , "Pretentious waffle" , "bunkum!" , "Insipid" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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