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The sort of speech that gets reported (8)

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indirect

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'the sort of speech' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for indirect that I've seen before include "Not following the shortest way" , "Not straight, route say" , "Deviating, not straight" , "In credit, not being straight" , "sort of speech" .)

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