Sounding the bell, as it’s urgent (8)
I believe the answer is:
pressing
'urgent' is the definition.
(I know that urgent can be written as pressing)
'sounding the bell as' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'sounding' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'as' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'it's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pressing that I've seen before include "Urgent - ironing" , "application of buttons?" , "Important" , "Requiring immediate attention" , "Task for record company" .)