Dwindling workplace doing this to make something cool (8,3)
I believe the answer is:
dropping off
'dwindling workplace doing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to bodily activities as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'to make something cool' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'cool' could be 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable or cool) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'this' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dropping off that I've seen before include "going to sleep" , "Setting down" .)