Dripping tear a stud dealt with (9)
I believe the answer is:
saturated
'dripping' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tear a stud dealt with' is the wordplay.
'dealt with' indicates an anagram.
'tear'+'a'+'stud'='tearastud'
'tearastud' is an anagram of 'SATURATED'.
(Other definitions for saturated that I've seen before include "Extremely wet" , "Thoroughly soaked" , "Such fat as may cause disease" , "Sodden" , "dripping" .)