Coaxing a British physicist to ditch uranium during uproar (8)
I believe the answer is:
cajolery
'coaxing' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a british physicist to ditch uranium during uproar' is the wordplay.
'a british physicist' becomes 'joule' (I've seen this in another clue).
'to ditch' is a deletion indicator.
'uranium' becomes 'U' (U is the chemical symbol for uranium).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'uproar' becomes 'cary' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'joule' with 'u' removed is 'jole'.
'jole' going inside 'cary' is 'CAJOLERY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cajolery that I've seen before include "Beguilement" , "Inducement" , "Flattering persuasion" , "Sweet talk, flattery" , "Deceitful persuasion" .)