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Speaker finds gold by a hill (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orator

'speaker' is the definition.
(I know that orator is a type of speaker)

'gold by a hill' is the wordplay.
'gold' becomes 'or' ('or' is the heraldic name for gold).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'or'+'a'+'tor'='ORATOR'

'finds' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for orator that I've seen before include "Formal speech maker" , "Eloquent public speaker" , "A fluent public speaker" , "An impressive public speaker" , "he can talk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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