Work close to pubs, drink slowly and chatter (6)
I believe the answer is:
gossip
'chatter' is the definition.
(I know that chatter can be written as gossip)
'work close to pubs drink slowly' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'go' (synonyms).
'close to' indicates one should take the final letters (the close/ending of).
'drink slowly' becomes 'sip' (I've seen this in another clue).
The final letter of 'pubs' is 's'.
'go'+'s'+'sip'='GOSSIP'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for gossip that I've seen before include "(Malicious) report about the doings of others" , "Malicious talk about other people" , "Casual inaccurate talk about others" , "Scandalmonger" , "gas" .)