Copying a pointed article on Gateshead (5)
I believe the answer is:
aping
'copying' is the definition.
('ape' can be a synonym of 'copy')
'a pointed article on gateshead' is the wordplay.
'a pointed article on' becomes 'apin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'gateshead' becomes 'g' (head letter of 'gates').
'apin'+'g'='APING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aping that I've seen before include "Taking off" , "Parroting" , "Imitating, copying" , "Trying to repeat" , "Mimicking like monkey" .)