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Talk a lot in good Anglo-Saxon! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gas

'talk a lot' is the definition.
(gas can mean to talk at length)

'good anglo-saxon' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'anglo-saxon' becomes 'AS' (abbreviation for Anglo-Saxon).
'g'+'as'='GAS'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gas that I've seen before include "eg CO2" , "Nitrogen maybe" , "Eg, nitrogen" , "What's needed to drive" , "idle chit-chat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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