Are they claimed if mother goes grey? (7)
I believe the answer is:
damages
'are they claimed' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.
'mother goes grey?' is the wordplay.
'mother' becomes 'dam' (female parent of an animal).
'goes grey?' becomes 'ages' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'dam'+'ages'='DAMAGES'
'if' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for damages that I've seen before include "Money awarded as compensation" , "Moneys paid as compensation for an injury" , "Money paid in compensation for loss or injury" , "Harms" , "weakens" .)