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See t-tutoring tricky to take in with tortuous talking test? (6-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tongue-twister

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'tortuous talking test?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'see t-tutoring tricky to take in with' is the wordplay.
'tricky' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to take in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'see'+'t'+'tutoring'='seettutoring'
'seettutoring' with letters rearranged gives 'tonguetister'.
'tonguetister' enclosing 'w' is 'TONGUE-TWISTER'.

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(Other definitions for tongue-twister that I've seen before include ""I wish to wash my Irish wristwatch", perhaps" , "It's hard to say!" , "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper, for instance" , ""Red lorry, yellow lorry", for example" , "Phrase that is difficult to say properly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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