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Using Middle Eastern language, gives title to listeners - it's a set of short stories (7,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arabian nights

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'using middle eastern language gives title to listeners' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether it can be defined by this definition.

'it's a set of short stories' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'it's' could be 'ts' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 'ts' is located in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Another definition for arabian nights that I've seen is " 1,001 oriental folk tales".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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