23 across
Dialect
reveals
smooth
love
lives
(6)
Dialect reveals smooth love lives (6)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Right, Dialect is what we're after by way of definition — a regional way of speaking. For the wordplay, take PAT for smooth, then O for love (that's zero in scoring terms), then IS meaning lives, and bunged together they give you PATOIS.