Helping with article on gambler’s activity (8)
I believe the answer is:
abetting
'helping' is the definition.
(to abet is to aid or assist)
'article on gambler's activity' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'article' could be 'a' (the indefinite article in English) and 'a' is present in the answer.
'activity' could be 'bet' (bet is a kind of activity) and 'bet' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'ting' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for abetting that I've seen before include "Aiding (a felon)" , "Assisting, in wrongdoing usually" , "Helping (a criminal)" , "Backing" , "Aiding and helping" .)