Giving way (8)
I believe the answer is:
yielding
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">giving way</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('yield' can be a synonym of 'give way')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for yielding that I've seen before include "Capitulating" , "that's not iron?" , "Ceding, conceding" , "Bearing" , "surrender" .)