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The sound of sales talk (6)

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I believe the answer is:

patter

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'talk' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Rapid talk ' mean 'patter' so perhaps 'talk' could also mean 'patter')

'the sound of sales' is the wordplay.
'the sound' becomes 'pat' (pat is a kind of sound).
'of sales' becomes 'ter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'pat'+'ter'='PATTER'

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(Other definitions for patter that I've seen before include "Salesman's chat - walk with quick, soft steps" , "idle talk" , "Noise of fast light steps" , "Comedian's, salesman's, talk" , "conjuror's monologue" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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