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Eagerly consumes innuendos laden with gossip, ultimately (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slurps

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'eagerly consumes innuendos' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'laden with gossip ultimately' is the wordplay.
'laden' becomes 'slurs' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'ultimately' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'gossip' is 'p'.
'slurs' enclosing 'p' is 'SLURPS'.

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(Another definition for slurps that I've seen is " Drinks noisily".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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