Insect with hesitation getting a bowler, say (9)
I believe the answer is:
cricketer
'a bowler say' is the definition.
(I know that bowler is a type of cricketer)
'insect with hesitation getting' is the wordplay.
'insect' becomes 'cricket' (cricket is a kind of insect).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hesitation getting' becomes 'er' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cricket'+'er'='CRICKETER'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cricketer that I've seen before include "Bat, for example" , "Sportsman who bats or bowls" , "Batsman, bowler or fielder" , "Player of traditional English game" , "Don Bradman or David Gower, say" .)