Lover in government leaving note - feeling the pressure (9)
I believe the answer is:
stressing
'feeling the pressure' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'lover in government leaving note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'government' could be 'g' (abbreviation for government) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'note' could be 're' (as in do-re-mi) and 're' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stressing that I've seen before include "Emphasising" , "Laying emphasis on, say a syllable" .)