Republican with ego stops mingling to progress publication (2,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
go to press
'republican' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'ego stops mingling to progress publication' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'to' is found in the answer.
'progress' could be 'go' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'go' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'press' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for go to press that I've seen before include "Start making an impression" , "Start publishing" , "Of newspapers etc, commence printing" .)