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Reverend's mistake: lovey-dovey type is married (10)

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I believe the answer is:

spoonerism

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'reverend's mistake' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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'lovey-dovey type is married' is the wordplay.
'lovey-dovey type' becomes 'spooner' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'married' becomes 'm'.
'spooner'+'is'+'m'='SPOONERISM'

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(Other definitions for spoonerism that I've seen before include "occasional cluing technique" , ""A lopping of sweaters", for example" , "Regular announcement by old clergyman" , "Burly chassis for Shirley Bassey, say?" , "Verbal exchange of leading characters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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