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Talk at second summit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speak

'talk' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'at second summit' is the wordplay.
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'summit' becomes 'peak' (mountain peak).
's'+'peak' is 'SPEAK'.

(Other definitions for speak that I've seen before include "Utter words" , "express" , "give a lecture" , "Talk" , "Say something" .)

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