My family's queer-headed, it's whispered (6)
I believe the answer is:
rumour
'it's whispered' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'my family's queer-headed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'queer' could be 'rum' (synonyms) and 'rum' is found within the answer.
'my family's' could be 'our' (belonging to our family) and 'our' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for rumour that I've seen before include "Unverified report" , "Story going around" , "Doubtful story" , "Unconfirmed gossip" , "buzz" .)