Gossip, does listen to, yes (7)
I believe the answer is:
hearsay
'gossip' is the definition.
(hearsay is a kind of gossip)
'listen to yes' is the wordplay.
'listen to' becomes 'hears' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'yes' becomes 'ay'.
'hears'+'ay'='HEARSAY'
'does' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hearsay that I've seen before include "Rumour or gossip - inadmissible as evidence" , "Gossip or rumour - not allowed as evidence" , "Kind of rumour, makes bad evidence" , "Based on report given by others" , "Gossip or idle talk - it's not evidence" .)