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Patient person ignoring current, trendier gossip here? (5,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

water cooler

'gossip here?' is the definition.
(as in a water cooler moment)

'patient person ignoring current trendier' is the wordplay.
'patient person' becomes 'waiter' (someone who is happy to wait).
'ignoring' suggests deleting specific letters.
'current' becomes 'I' (symbol for electric current).
'trendier' becomes 'cooler' (cool can mean trendy).
'waiter' with 'i' removed is 'water'.
'water'+'cooler'='WATER-COOLER'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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