Get a lift around midnight to the mountains (5)
I believe the answer is:
ridge
'the mountains' is the definition.
(a ridge is a type of mountain range)
'get a lift around midnight' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'midnight' could be 'g' (the middle letter in 'night') and 'g' is located in the answer.
'lift' could be 'ride' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'ride' is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ridge that I've seen before include "watershed ..." , "German Baltic port, Buxtehude home" , "shelf" , "Rooftop" , "Long raised band" .)