He gossips about the race being crooked later (7)
I believe the answer is:
tattler
'he gossips' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't understand how one could define the other.
'about the race being crooked later' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'the race' becomes 'tt'.
'being crooked' is an anagram indicator (a crooked or disrupted version of the letters).
'later' anagrammed gives 'taler'.
'tt' placed within 'taler' is 'TATTLER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tattler that I've seen before include "Chatterer" , "One who gossips" , "gossip" .)