Attracting attention of husband in a bad way (7)
I believe the answer is:
hailing
'attracting attention' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are present participle verbs, I don't see how one could define the other.
'husband in a bad way' is the wordplay.
'husband' becomes 'h' (abbreviation).
'in a bad way' becomes 'ailing' (somebody who is ailing is unwell).
'h'+'ailing'='HAILING'
'of' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hailing that I've seen before include "Greeting" , "Raining ice" , "Waving to (a taxi)" .)