Doctor Seuss framing what he might write with anxiety (8)
I believe the answer is:
suspense
'anxiety' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'doctor seuss framing what' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'framing' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are framed by the outside letters).
'what' becomes 'pen' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'seuss' is an anagram of 'susse'.
'susse' going around 'pen' is 'SUSPENSE'.
'he might write with' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for suspense that I've seen before include "Tense uncertainty" , "State of uncertainty about the future" , "State of anxious uncertainty while waiting (8)" , "Feeling of excitement or anxiety about what might happen" , "State of anxious excitement" .)