Work in malicious gossip, reversing support for paparazzo? (6)
I believe the answer is:
tripod
'support for paparazzo?' is the definition.
(stand used by photographer)
'work in malicious gossip reversing' is the wordplay.
'work' becomes 'op' (common abbreviation for 'opus').
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'malicious gossip' becomes 'dirt' (synonyms).
'reversing' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'op' put within 'dirt' is 'dopirt'.
'dopirt' written backwards gives 'TRIPOD'.
(Other definitions for tripod that I've seen before include "Stand on three legs" , "Support needed" , "Stand for camera etc" , "Something on three legs" , "oral test at school" .)