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Short talk on holy cross by a coach (5-2)

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I believe the answer is:

tally-ho

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'a coach' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'short talk on holy cross' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cross' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'crossed' mean this).
'talk' with its last letter taken off is 'tal'.
'holy' is an anagram of 'lyho'.
'tal'+'lyho'='TALLY-HO'

'by' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tally-ho that I've seen before include "Come on, hounds!" , "Fox-hunting cry" , "Cry of the huntsman pursuing the fox" , "Hunting cry when a fox is sighted" , "Huntsman's cry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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