Clay article caught in net (7)
I believe the answer is:
earthen
'clay' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'article caught in net' is the wordplay.
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'caught in' is an insertion indicator.
'net' becomes 'earn' (I've seen this before).
'the' going within 'earn' is 'EARTHEN'.
(Other definitions for earthen that I've seen before include "(Of a pot) made of fired clay" , "(Of pot) made of baked clay" , "Made of baked or fired clay" , "Like many pots" , "from the ground" .)