Angrily lets rip, welcoming answer in column (8)
I believe the answer is:
pilaster
'column' is the definition.
(I know that pilaster is a type of column)
'angrily lets rip welcoming answer' is the wordplay.
'angrily' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'welcoming' indicates putting letters inside (in sense of 'inviting in').
'answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'lets'+'rip'='letsrip'
'letsrip' anagrammed gives 'pilster'.
'pilster' placed around 'a' is 'PILASTER'.
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for pilaster that I've seen before include "Rectangular column support projecting slightly from a wall" , "Rectangular column projected from wall" , "Decorative column standing out from the fa?ade of a building" , "Square column" , "Piles tar into a form of column" .)