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Difficulty interrupting spiteful woman's gossip (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chitchat

'gossip' is the definition.
('chitchat' can be a synonym of 'gossip')

'difficulty interrupting spiteful woman's' is the wordplay.
'difficulty' becomes 'hitch' (hitch is a kind of difficulty).
'interrupting' is an insertion indicator.
'spiteful woman' becomes 'cat'.
'hitch' put into 'cat' is 'CHITCHAT'.

(Other definitions for chitchat that I've seen before include "Gossip" , "Light social conversation" , "Trivial conversation" , "rabbit" , "Inconsequential talk" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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