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Speak to jerks after wife, showing chink in armour (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

weak spot

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'chink in armour' is the definition.
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'speak to jerks after wife' is the wordplay.
'jerks' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'jerk' mean this).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wife' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'speak'+'to'='speakto'
'speakto' with letters rearranged gives 'eakspot'.
'eakspot' after 'w' is 'WEAK SPOT'.

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for weak spot that I've seen before include "'Your area of vulnerability (4,4)'" , "Area of deficient knowledge" , "Point of vulnerability" , "Achilles heel?" , "Gap in knowledge" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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