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The Verified Answer for Clishmaclaver or bavardage, to use some fancy language is:
- GOSSIP
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Hint 1: Clue Explanation
▼Ah, the ol’ tittle-tattle, the words of a chatterbox, a magpie, a blabbermouth — GOSSIP. “Bavardage” is French, “Clishmaclaver” Scottish. If you happen to be familiar with the “Chambers Crossword Dictionary,” its editors had a word-loving blog that went by the name “Clishmaclaver,” although it looks to have run fallow. So have the water coolers and the coffee stations in many offices this year! The cool people have managed to keep gossiping remotely, but I sit at home and make up juicy subplots for my dogs.