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Speak, interrupting very different type of prophet (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

soothsayer

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'type of prophet' is the definition.
'soothsayer' can be an answer for 'prophet' (I've seen this before). I am not sure about the 'type of' bit.

'speak interrupting very different' is the wordplay.
'speak' becomes 'say' (I've seen this in other clues).
'interrupting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'different' becomes 'other' (similar in meaning).
'so'+'other'='soother'
'say' put into 'soother' is 'SOOTHSAYER'.

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(Other definitions for soothsayer that I've seen before include "He warned Caesar" , "One foreseeing future" , "forecaster" , "Prophet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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