Circumventing a big empty space in final dig (8)
I believe the answer is:
avoiding
'circumventing' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'a big empty space in final dig' is the wordplay.
'big empty space' becomes 'void' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'final' indicates one should take the final letters.
The final letter of 'dig' is 'g'.
'a'+'void'+'in'+'g'='AVOIDING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for avoiding that I've seen before include "Steering clear of" , "Keeping away from" , "Escaping" .)