Question about the way speech is reported (2,6)

I believe the answer is:

in quotes

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'way speech is reported' is the definition.
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'question about' is the wordplay.
'about' is an anagram indicator.
'question' is an anagram of 'IN QUOTES'.

'the' is the link.

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