Confronting (8)
I believe the answer is:
tackling
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">confronting</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(tackling is a kind of confronting)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for tackling that I've seen before include "Taking the bull by the horns" , "Dealing with (a problem)" , "Undertaking, dealing with" , "Taking on the challenge" .)