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Uses the microphone, when one persuades to (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

talks into

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'uses' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

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(Another definition for talks into that I've seen is " Persuades".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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