Making fun of Ingrid and Ed unfairly (8)

I believe the answer is:

deriding

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'making fun of' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'ingrid and ed unfairly' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'unfairly' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'ingrid'+'ed'='ingrided'
'ingrided' is an anagram of 'DERIDING'.

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(Other definitions for deriding that I've seen before include "Mocking" , "Ridiculing" .)

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