The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word CONVERSATION
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CONVERSATION
- Talk of change and a time to stop it
- Turning around for a chat
- Change to grab at gets you talking
- Consume less energy in adapted building, getting gas?
- Refit involving a tense exchange
- Exchange rate trimmed in transformation
- In which babbling voices rant on?
- Change involves a tense discussion
- Metamorphosis contains a tense exchange of words
- Over a short time, change discussion
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The straight part
We know that "In which babbling voices rant on" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in which babbling voices rant on = conversation.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONVERSATION mean?
CONVERSATION noun- Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
- The back-and-forth play of the blades in a bout.
- The protocol-based interaction between systems processing a transaction.
- Interaction; commerce or intercourse with other people; dealing with others.
- Behaviour, the way one conducts oneself; a person's way of life.
- Sexual intercourse.
- Engagement with a specific subject, idea, field of study etc.
- To engage in conversation (with).