Tales of a lax sloven (6)
I believe the answer is:
novels
'tales' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to communication as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a lax sloven' is the wordplay.
'sloven' can be anagrammed to 'NOVELS'.
Though, I am not sure how this is indicated.
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for novels that I've seen before include "Books of fiction" , "Works of fiction" , "Books for sloven" , "Long fictional tales" .)