Rubbish French article about town's top gossips (7)
I believe the answer is:
tattles
'top gossips' is the definition.
'tattles' can be an answer for 'gossips' (I've seen this before). I'm unsure of the 'top' bit.
'rubbish french article about town's' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' becomes 'tat' (I've seen this before).
'french article' becomes 'les' (french for 'the' - definite article).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'town's' becomes 't' (this could be a standard abbreviation of which I'm unaware).
'les' put after 't' is 'tles'.
'tat'+'tles'='TATTLES'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tattles that I've seen before include "Gossips idly" , "Gives away secret" .)