The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 2 letter word RABBIT ON
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More clues leading to the result RABBIT ON
- Before end of sermon, religious leader to speak for ages
- Teacher not disposed to talk a lot
- Lawyers reviewed piece dealing with talk, endlessly
- 15 Religious fellow not brought up to talk at length
- Holy man’s not returned from ramble
- Waffle appearing after meat
- Doctor of law not about to waffle
- Waffle cake - flipping good to eat it
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The straight part
We know that "speak for ages" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case speak for ages = rabbit on.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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