For a rest from work, duck for cover in the hay (7)
I believe the answer is:
holiday
'for a rest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'duck for cover in the hay' is the wordplay.
'duck' becomes 'o'.
'for' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'cover' becomes 'lid' (lid is a kind of cover).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'o'+'lid'='olid'
'olid' going within 'hay' is 'HOLIDAY'.
'from work' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for holiday that I've seen before include "Vacation" , "rest" , "Break from work" , "Billie" , "Time off work" .)