Taking note (8)
I believe the answer is:
minuting
'taking' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'note' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'note' could be 'ut' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'ut' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mining' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Guardian.
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