Article I countered on republic issue? (9)
I believe the answer is:
emanation
'issue?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'article i countered on republic' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'i' becomes 'me'.
'countered' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'counter' mean this).
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'republic' becomes 'nation' (I've seen this in another clue).
'a'+'me'='ame'
'ame' reversed gives 'ema'.
'ema'+'nation'='EMANATION'
(Other definitions for emanation that I've seen before include "produce radioactive gas" , "Issue" , "discharge" , "Something given off" , "Something flowing out from a source" .)