Gossiped ‘Legend’s touching sailor on couch’ (6)
I believe the answer is:
gabbed
'gossiped' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'legend's touching sailor on couch' is the wordplay.
'legend' becomes 'g' (leg-end - end letter of 'leg').
'touching sailor' becomes 'ab' (abbreviation for able seaman. I am not sure about the 'touching' bit.).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'couch' becomes 'bed' (I've seen this before).
'g'+'ab'+'bed'='GABBED'
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