Sculptor needed in case of everything degrading (7)
I believe the answer is:
eroding
'degrading' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being present participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'sculptor needed in case of everything' is the wordplay.
'sculptor' becomes 'rodin' (Auguste Rodin was a French sculptor).
'needed in' indicates putting letters inside.
'case of' means to remove the middle letters (like emptying a case).
'everything' with its centre removed is 'eg'.
'rodin' placed inside 'eg' is 'ERODING'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eroding that I've seen before include "Wearing away with time" , "chipping away" , "eating away" , "Gradually wearing away, rock say" .)