Article about the affair so deplorable, somehow (5,1,7)
I believe the answer is:
after a fashion
'somehow' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'article about the affair so deplorable' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'an' (indefinite article).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'deplorable' indicates anagramming the letters.
'the'+'affair'+'so'='theaffairso'
'theaffairso' with letters rearranged gives 'fterafashio'.
'an' placed around 'fterafashio' is 'AFTER A FASHION'.
(Other definitions for after a fashion that I've seen before include "in a manner of speaking" , "In some manner but not very well" , "In a sort of way" , "Behind time" , "Lady shopping may be" .)