Misbehaving lady admitted to settling a debt (7,2)
I believe the answer is:
playing up
'misbehaving lady' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'admitted to settling a debt' is the wordplay.
'admitted to' is an insertion indicator.
'settling' becomes 'paying up' (paying up is a kind of settling).
'a debt' becomes 'l' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'payingup' placed around 'l' is 'PLAYING UP'.
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