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Try Saracen’s Head to drink and chat (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gossip

'chat' is the definition.
(gossip is a kind of chat)

'try saracen's head to drink' is the wordplay.
'try' becomes 'go' (go is a kind of try).
'head to' suggests taking the first letters (I've seen 'heading to' mean this).
'drink' becomes 'sip' (sipping is a kind of drinking).
The first letter of 'saracen' is 's'.
'go'+'s'+'sip'='GOSSIP'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for gossip that I've seen before include "Idle, malicious, chatter" , "Natter" , "Casual chatter" , "Casual talk about other people" , "Scandalous rumour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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