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What you need to write a story for the theatre (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talent

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'what you need to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'a story for the theatre' is the wordplay.
'a story' becomes 'tale' ('tale' can be a synonym of 'story').
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'the theatre' becomes 'NT' (National Theatre).
'tale'+'nt'='TALENT'

'write' is the link.

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(Other definitions for talent that I've seen before include "Genius" , "ancient currency" , "Special ability of some kind" , "Skill, natural ability" , "some scouts are looking for" .)

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