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Spread rumours about badly designed T-shirt, did he? (4,3,4)

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I believe the answer is:

dish the dirt

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'spread rumours' is the definition.
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'badly designed t-shirt did he?' is the wordplay.
'badly designed' indicates an anagram.
't'+'shirt'+'did'+'he'='tshirtdidhe'
'tshirtdidhe' is an anagram of 'DISH THE DIRT'.

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(Other definitions for dish the dirt that I've seen before include "Spread spiteful gossip" , "Spread (filthy?) gossip" , "Reveal secrets or intimacies about others" , "Spread scandal (colloq.)" , "Spread malicious gossip (informal)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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