Instinctive response of good German concerned with performance (3,8)
I believe the answer is:
gut reaction
'instinctive response' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'good german concerned with performance' is the wordplay.
'good german' becomes 'gut' (I've seen this before).
'concerned with' becomes 're' (re can mean regarding, concerning).
'performance' becomes 'action' (I've seen this before).
'gut'+'re'+'action'='GUT REACTION'
'of' acts as a link.
(Another definition for gut reaction that I've seen is " Instinctive reply".)
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