The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONVERSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONVERSE
- Poetry by prisoner featured in talk
- Chat about old and new poetry
- What students of poetry will do is talk
- Memorise poem for discussion
- Speak in clubs about poetry
- Discuss how ‘The Ballad of Reading Gaol’ may be described?
- Opposite number in disguise, seen intermittently
- Opposing party lines
- Talk may be firm, and otherwise never about son
- Turned round to talk
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The straight part
We know that "Talk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case talk = converse.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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What does CONVERSE mean?
CONVERSE noun- Free verbal interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
- To talk; to engage in conversation
- To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with
- To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study
- The opposite or reverse
- Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B is true, then A is true." equivalently: given that "All Xs are Ys", then "All Ys are Xs".
- One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse antonym; relational antonym
- Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal