Insurgent woman should be tethered by stake, they feel (8)
I believe the answer is:
antennae
'they feel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'insurgent woman should be tethered by stake' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'stake' could be 'ante' (anteing is a kind of staking) and 'ante' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for antennae that I've seen before include "They sense" , "Insect's feelers" , "Transmitting aerials" , "Sensitive parts of insects" , "Russian wolfhound" .)