Recite stories of snitches (9)

I believe the answer is:

telltales

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'snitches' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'recite stories' is the wordplay.
'recite' becomes 'tell' (synonyms).
'stories' becomes 'tales' ('tale' can be a synonym of 'story').
'tell'+'tales'='TELLTALES'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for telltales that I've seen before include "Sneaks" , "Revealers of secrets" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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