Bewildered, did he thirst for gossip? (4,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
dish the dirt
'gossip?' is the definition.
(to dish the dirt is to share gossip)
'bewildered did he thirst' is the wordplay.
'bewildered' is an anagram indicator.
'did'+'he'+'thirst'='didhethirst'
'didhethirst' with letters rearranged gives 'DISH THE DIRT'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for dish the dirt that I've seen before include "Reveal secrets or intimacies about others" , "Distribute spiteful gossip" , "Spread scandal (colloq.)" , "Spread spiteful gossip" , "Spread (filthy?) gossip" .)