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Second speaker – one engaged in stealthy pursuit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

stalker

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'one engaged in stealthy pursuit' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'second speaker' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'speaker' becomes 'talker' (synonyms).
's'+'talker'='STALKER'

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(Other definitions for stalker that I've seen before include "Stealthy pursuer" , "Person who follows another about as if hunting prey" , "Someone following another, sneakily" , "Man who follows and intimidates a woman" , "One who pursues prey stealthily" .)

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