Hospital executive is such a gossip (10)
I believe the answer is:
talebearer
'gossip' is the definition.
(I know that talebearer is a type of gossip)
'hospital executive is such a' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'is' could be 'be' and 'be' is found within the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for talebearer that I've seen before include "gossip" , "gossip-monger" .)