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Tongue found in mouth? (7,7)

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I believe the answer is:

estuary english

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'tongue found in mouth?' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'tongue found in mouth?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'tongue' could be 'english' (tongue can mean a language) and 'english' is present in the answer.
'mouth?' could be 'estuary' (I've seen this before) and 'estuary' is found within the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for estuary english that I've seen before include "Sort of language" , "Form of language" , "Accent that's been spreading out from London" , "manner of speaking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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