The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WINDBAG
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More clues leading to the result WINDBAG
- Shoot the breeze principally? One might
- Piccard finally cracks two ways to secure source of hot air
- . Meander and chatter in turn? That’ll be me!
- He goes on to land after turning
- Discarded wit of Spooner, one with lots to say
- One rabbiting‘s turn to kill
- One keeps talking of current case
- Joker’s in awful bind. Just the reverse — he’s full of hot air!
- Voluble person to meander and chatter when climbing
- Turn talk around? One’s certainly capable of that!
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The straight part
We know that "source of hot air" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case source of hot air = windbag.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WINDBAG mean?
WINDBAG noun- Bellows for an organ.
- (mildly) Someone who talks excessively