Mixing with that guy's family before midnight (8)
I believe the answer is:
whisking
'mixing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'with that guy's family before midnight' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (short for with).
'that guy's' becomes 'his' (belonging to a man).
'family' becomes 'kin' (synonyms).
'before' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'midnight' becomes 'g' (the middle letter in 'night').
'w'+'his'+'kin'+'g'='WHISKING'
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