Making fun of Ingrid and Ed unfairly (8)
I believe the answer is:
deriding
'making fun of' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'ingrid and ed unfairly' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'unfairly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'ingrid' put after 'ed' is 'edingrid'.
'edingrid' with letters rearranged gives 'DERIDING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for deriding that I've seen before include "Mocking" , "Ridiculing" .)