Network trouble arising that is hampering society (6)
I believe the answer is:
liaise
'network' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'trouble arising that is hampering society' is the wordplay.
'trouble' becomes 'ail' (synonyms).
'arising' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'that is' becomes 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin).
'hampering' is an insertion indicator (hamper can mean to obstruct or restrain).
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'ail' in reverse letter order is 'lia'.
'ie' going around 's' is 'ise'.
'lia'+'ise'='LIAISE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for liaise that I've seen before include "Foster co-operation" , "make contact" , "Form a link (with)" , "Keep in touch to co-operate on something" , "Communicate with for mutual benefit" .)