One distraught girl embraced by old politician leading to wild sequence of events (9)
I believe the answer is:
whirligig
'wild sequence of events' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'one distraught girl embraced by old politician' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'distraught' is an anagram indicator (an unsettled or upset order of the letters).
'embraced by' indicates putting letters inside.
'old politician' becomes 'Whig' (Whigs were a historical British political party).
'girl' with letters rearranged gives 'rlig'.
'i'+'rlig'='irlig'
'irlig' put inside 'whig' is 'WHIRLIGIG'.
'leading to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for whirligig that I've seen before include "Spinning toy - dizzying events" , "giddying affair" , "Spinning-toy" , "Spinning top - water beetle" , "Carousel, merry-go-round" .)