Food wrapping ultimately going sodden — the making of a row (9)
I believe the answer is:
alignment
'making of a row' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'food wrapping ultimately going sodden' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'aliment' (aliment is a kind of food).
'wrapping' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The last letters of 'going sodden' are 'gn'.
'aliment' enclosing 'gn' is 'ALIGNMENT'.
'the' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alignment that I've seen before include "Tin mangle (anag)" , "evening out" , "political position" , "Act of straightening" , "Political side taken" .)