Passions and affairs covered by Eastern Echo? On the contrary (8)
I believe the answer is:
feelings
'passions and affairs covered' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'eastern echo? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
'eastern' becomes 'e'.
'echo?' shows that letters should be duplicated (I've seen 'echo of' mean this).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the contrary' becomes 'flings' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'e' doubled is 'ee'.
'ee' going into 'flings' is 'FEELINGS'.
'by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for feelings that I've seen before include "Emotions or sensations" , "Love, hate, sorrow etc." .)