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Talk or possibly eat (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

orate

'talk' is the definition.
(to orate is to give a speech)

'or possibly eat' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'eat' anagrammed gives 'ate'.
'or'+'ate'='ORATE'

(Other definitions for orate that I've seen before include "Speak publicly" , "Deliver a speech" , "Speaker may" , "Erato (anag.)" , "Give speech" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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