Rubbish parroted, something salty (8)

I believe the answer is:

teardrop

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'something salty' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'rubbish parroted' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' indicates anagramming the letters (a poor quality or rubbish spelling of the letters).
'parroted' with letters rearranged gives 'TEARDROP'.

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(Other definitions for teardrop that I've seen before include "Little sign of regret" , "Visible result of crying" , "Predator (anag.)" , "Parroted (anag.)" , "sign of distress?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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