Red learns to become a spreader of malicious gossip (9)
I believe the answer is:
slanderer
'a spreader of malicious gossip' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'red learns to become' is the wordplay.
'to become' is an anagram indicator.
'red'+'learns'='redlearns'
'redlearns' is an anagram of 'SLANDERER'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for slanderer that I've seen before include "One speaking ill" , "not a good speaker" , "One who defames another" , "He maligns" , "One may be malicious" .)