Gossips putting husband off, the beasts! (4)
I believe the answer is:
cats
'gossips' is the definition.
(cat is a kind of gossip)
'husband off the beasts' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'cas' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'putting' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cats that I've seen before include "Musical from TS Eliot" , "Some 6 Downs" , "Musical (felines?)" , "Musical; animals" , "Jaguars, say" .)