Being equally successful as linkmen? (5)
I believe the answer is:
tying
'being equally' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'successful as linkmen?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'successful' could be 'in' (similar in meaning) and 'in' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tyg' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tying that I've seen before include "Scoring the same" , "Restricting" , "restrictive" , "lacing" , "Binding, fastening" .)