Makes fun of the frantic puss with the tail caught in it (5,2)
I believe the answer is:
sends up
'makes fun of' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.
'frantic puss with the tail caught in it' is the wordplay.
'frantic' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'tail' says to take the final letters.
'caught' is an insertion indicator.
'in it' becomes 'nd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
The last letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'puss' after 'e' is 'epuss'.
'epuss' with letters rearranged gives 'sesup'.
'sesup' going around 'nd' is 'SENDS UP'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for sends up that I've seen is " Takes the mickey".)