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Loveless pair become confused in silly talk (7)

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I believe the answer is:

twaddle

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'silly talk' is the definition.
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'loveless pair become confused' is the wordplay.
'loveless pair' becomes 'tw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'become confused' becomes 'addle' (I've seen this before).
'tw'+'addle'='TWADDLE'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for twaddle that I've seen before include "Piffle" , "Trivial/foolish speech" , "Claptrap" , "Foolish speech" , "Balderdash" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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