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The talk of Liverpool (6)

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I believe the answer is:

scouse

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'liverpool' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'the talk of' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'scuse' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for scouse that I've seen before include "English dialect spoken in Liverpool" , "another city's dialect" , "What they speak in Liverpool?" , "(Someone) from Liverpool" , "Liverpudlian (colloq.)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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