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Women breaking crockery good for gossip (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chinwag

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

'women breaking crockery good' is the wordplay.
'women' becomes 'w'.
'breaking' indicates putting letters inside.
'crockery' becomes 'china' (eg china plates).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'w' inserted within 'china' is 'chinwa'.
'chinwa'+'g'='CHINWAG'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chinwag that I've seen before include "Appoint" , "Move mandible about in informal chat" , "Yak" , "Conversation (slang)" , "Chat (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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