The writer's tongue squeezed by doctor and soaked (8)
I believe the answer is:
immersed
'soaked' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'the writer's tongue squeezed by doctor' is the wordplay.
'the writer's' becomes 'I'm' ('I am' referring to the writer of the clue).
'tongue' becomes 'erse' (Erse is an example).
'squeezed by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters are squeezed in).
'doctor' becomes 'MD' (synonyms).
'erse' placed inside 'md' is 'mersed'.
'im'+'mersed'='IMMERSED'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for immersed that I've seen before include "Plunged into liquid" , "Steeped (in)" , "Simmered while covered with water" , "Submerged in liquid" , "Simmered, being completely engrossed" .)