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Soft talk in club (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

putter

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'club' is the definition.
(putter is a kind of club)

'soft talk' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'soft' could be 'p' (musical abbreviation for 'piano') and 'p' is found within the answer.
'talk' could be 'utter' ('utter' can be a synonym of 'talk') and 'utter' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for putter that I've seen before include "Club used on the green" , "Club to use on the green" , "Golf club used on greens" , "Golf-club" , "Type of golf club" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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