Separating a French inkling, somehow (9)
I believe the answer is:
unlinking
'separating' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are present participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'a french inkling somehow' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'inkling' is an anagram of 'linking'.
'un'+'linking'='UNLINKING'
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