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Small problem of sensitivity for the princess in the palace doing the talking (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

speaking

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'the talking' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'small problem of sensitivity for the princess in the palace doing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is found in the answer.
'princess' could be 'p' and 'p' is found in the answer.
'in' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for speaking that I've seen before include "Talking" , "Uttering" , "Saying something" , "oratory" , "conveying meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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