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What gossips do, it's rumoured?

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hearsay

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'rumoured?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'what gossips do it's' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'it' could be 'sa' (old-fashioned abbreviation for sex appeal) and 'sa' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for hearsay that I've seen before include "Testimony not based on direct knowledge" , "Gossip passed around by word of mouth" , "Rumour or gossip - inadmissible as evidence" , "Based on report given by others" , "speculation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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