Anger is no use for drawing logical inferences (9)
I believe the answer is:
reasoning
'drawing logical inferences' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'anger is no use' is the wordplay.
'use' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'using' mean this (the letters used in a different way)).
'anger'+'is'+'no'='angerisno'
'angerisno' anagrammed gives 'REASONING'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for reasoning that I've seen before include "argument" , "Thinking that is coherent and logical" , "Logic" , "sense?" , "Train of thought" .)