Woman emerges as gossip is brought up (6)
I believe the answer is:
astrid
'woman' is the definition.
'as gossip is brought up' is the wordplay.
'gossip' becomes 'dirt' (as in the phrase 'dish the dirt').
'is brought up' is a reversal indicator (in a down clue, letters go up).
'dirt' backwards is 'trid'.
'as'+'trid'='ASTRID'
'emerges' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for astrid that I've seen before include "foreign lady" , "girl abroad" , "Scandinavian girl" , "Stir Da up about a Scandinavian woman" .)