That woman taking drugs outside is escorting (8)
I believe the answer is:
ushering
'escorting' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'that woman taking drugs outside' is the wordplay.
'that woman' becomes 'her' (her refers to a woman).
'taking drugs' becomes 'using' (using drugs).
'outside' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside others).
'her' going into 'using' is 'USHERING'.
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ushering that I've seen before include "Showing people to their seats" , "working as escorts" , "Showing to a seat" , "putting one in one's place" , "Taking people to their seats" .)