Gossip needs time to enter name and two temporary initials in account (6-6)
I believe the answer is:
tittle-tattle
'gossip' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'time to enter name and two temporary initials in account' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'time' could be 't' (abbreviation) and 't' is found in the answer.
'name' could be 'leta' and 'leta' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'needs' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tittle-tattle that I've seen before include "Small talk" , "Idle chat - gossip" , "Idle chatter" , "Trivial gossip" .)