In Barking, vice-consul gets unsettled (12)
I believe the answer is:
inconclusive
'unsettled' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'in barking vice-consul' is the wordplay.
'barking' is an anagram indicator ('barking' can informally mean mad).
'vice'+'consul'='viceconsul'
'viceconsul' is an anagram of 'conclusive'.
'in'+'conclusive'='INCONCLUSIVE'
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for inconclusive that I've seen before include "not getting any results?" , "Not leading to a firm result" , "not settled" , "Not giving a clear result" .)