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Laugh about women’s idle talk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twitter

'idle talk' is the definition.

'laugh about women's' is the wordplay.
'laugh' becomes 'titter' (titter is a kind of laugh**).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'titter' going around 'w' is 'TWITTER'.

(Other definitions for twitter that I've seen before include "limited communications network" , "Sound made by bird" , "Talk excitedly" , "(Make) a noise like a bird" , "Chatter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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