The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TATTLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TATTLE
- Rubbish story not involving a rabbit
- Trotskyist extremists featuring in story that's idle gossip
- . Felt tattooist up to check rumours
- Story about extremely truculent rabbit
- Clement Attlee’s content to gossip
- Tell story about twice?
- Story about abstainer’s gossip
- Rubbish let off gas
- Reveal story about leaders of the Tories
- Story about island race is gossip
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The straight part
We know that "gossip" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gossip = tattle.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TATTLE mean?
TATTLE noun- A tattletale.
- Often said of children: a piece of incriminating information or an account of wrongdoing that is said about another person.
- Idle talk; gossip; an instance of such talk or gossip.
- To chatter; to gossip.
- Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing; to tell on somebody.
- To speak like a baby or young child; to babble, to prattle; to speak haltingly; to stutter.