The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EXPATIATE
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More clues leading to the result EXPATIATE
- Give details of displaced person one took in
- Elaborate purge repressing returning former reservists
- . Elaborate exile having run away
- With king banished, émigré at length set forth
- Go into detail about former head embracing return of old reading aid
- Elaborate riff’s intro left out of An American in Paris indefinitely?
- Person overseas, seeing abdication of Queen, is to say more
- Discourse from displaced person right away
- Speak at length with person living overseas missing queen
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The straight part
We know that "Speak at length" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case speak at length = expatiate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EXPATIATE mean?
EXPATIATE verb- To range at large, or without restraint.
- To write or speak at length; to be copious in argument or discussion.
- To expand; to spread; to extend; to diffuse; to broaden.