American woman accepts rise, endlessly producing metal inlay (9)
I believe the answer is:
damascene
'metal inlay' is the definition.
(damascene is a type of inlay)
'american woman accepts rise endlessly' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'american' could be 'am' (abbreviation in some contexts) and 'am' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'producing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damascene that I've seen before include "Middle Eastern" , "inlaid work" , "gold inlay" , "as conversion is described" , "in Arab city" .)