I’ll leave writers at sea absorbing French article, one struggling (8)
I believe the answer is:
wrestler
'one struggling' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'i'll leave writers at sea absorbing french article' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'leave' could be 'rest' (leave is a rest from work) and 'rest' is located in the answer.
'french article' could be 'le' (definite article in French) and 'le' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for wrestler that I've seen before include "Sumo type" , "Athlete trying to pin opponent to the ground" , "Ring fighter" , "One struggling" , "Ring sportsman" .)