Causing superficial disruption in the land (6)
I believe the answer is:
hoeing
'causing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with creating things as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'superficial disruption in the land' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hoeing that I've seen before include "gardening work" , "Using tool to weed" , "Weeding with a long-handled tool" , "Using a garden tool" , "Using a weeding tool" .)