Intimate and cosy gossip (8)
I believe the answer is:
schmooze
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">intimate and cosy gossip</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for schmooze that I've seen before include "Intimate and cosy gossip" , "circulate" , "Chat - gossip" , "Chat socially" , "Talk ingratiatingly to" .)