Musical performance from area in close to eastern direction? (8)
I believe the answer is:
entracte
'musical performance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'area in close to eastern direction?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'area' could be 'tract' (tract is a kind of area) and 'tract' is located in the answer.
'eastern' could be 'e' and 'e' is located in the answer.
'direction?' could be 'ne' (NE is an example) and 'ne' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'from' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for entracte that I've seen before include "Music during a play or opera interval" , "Play/opera interval" , "Dramatic interval" , "Interval between parts of a play" , "Interval between sections of a play" .)