Outline tale I need to adapt (9)
I believe the answer is:
delineate
'outline' is the definition.
(I know that outline can be written as delineate)
'tale i need to adapt' is the wordplay.
'to adapt' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'adapted' mean this).
'tale'+'i'+'need'='taleineed'
'taleineed' anagrammed gives 'DELINEATE'.
(Other definitions for delineate that I've seen before include "Indicate precisely" , "Outline" , "Portray precisely - teen ideal (anag)" , "Trace" , "Precisely describe" .)