Starts to gossip and blather senselessly (4)

I believe the answer is:

gabs

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'starts to gossip and blather senselessly' is the definition.
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'starts to gossip and blather senselessly' is the wordplay.
'starts to' says to take the initial letters.
The first letters of 'gossip and blather senselessly' is 'GABS'.

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I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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