Rabbit from South Africa held by neophyte by one leg (12)
I believe the answer is:
conversation
'rabbit' is the definition.
(rabbit can informally mean a chat)
'south africa held by neophyte by one leg' is the wordplay.
'south africa' becomes 'sa' (abbreviation).
'held by' is an insertion indicator.
'neophyte' becomes 'convert' (a neophyte is a recent convert to something).
'by one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'leg' becomes 'on' (cricket term, fielding positions).
'sa' placed within 'convert' is 'conversat'.
'conversat'+'i'+'on'='CONVERSATION'
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for conversation that I've seen before include "discussion" , "Something to talk about?" , "22 between people" , "Spoken exchange" , "dialogue" .)