Princess cut by a bit of rig in which one gets the chop? (6)
I believe the answer is:
karate
'the chop?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'princess cut by a bit of rig in which one' is the wordplay.
'princess' becomes 'kate' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cut by' is an insertion indicator (some letters cut into others).
'a bit of' suggests taking the first letters.
'in which' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing).
The initial letter of 'rig' is 'r'.
'kate' going around 'r' is 'karte'.
'karte' going around 'a' is 'KARATE'.
'gets' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for karate that I've seen before include "Japanese system of unarmed combat" , "method of fighting" , "Combative sport" , "Japanese martial art" , "Jap. combat; sort of chop" .)