Mr. Bean crashed into middle of cement barrier (8)
I believe the answer is:
membrane
'barrier' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'mr bean crashed into middle of cement' is the wordplay.
'crashed' indicates an anagram.
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'middle of' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'cement' are 'me'.
'mr'+'bean'='mrbean'
'mrbean' anagrammed gives 'embran'.
'embran' placed within 'me' is 'MEMBRANE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for membrane that I've seen before include "Cell lining" , "Thin flexible film" , "Thin, pliable sheet of living tissue" , "parchment skin" , "Thin pliable sheet of material" .)