Repay in kind network shielding exposed European (9)
I believe the answer is:
retaliate
'repay in kind' is the definition.
(to pay back in the same way)
'network shielding exposed european' is the wordplay.
'network' becomes 'rete' (I've seen this before).
'shielding' is an insertion indicator.
'exposed european' becomes 'talia' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rete' going around 'talia' is 'RETALIATE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for retaliate that I've seen before include "Act in revenge" , "Repay injury with similar one" , "Hit back" , "Attack in return for attack" , "Return like for like" .)
