The again repeated words intended to calm (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

there there

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'words intended to calm' is the definition.
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'the again repeated' is the wordplay.
'again' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'repeated' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'the'+'re'='there'
'there' doubled is 'THERE THERE'.

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