Shade providing arm's length cover? (8)
I believe the answer is:
umbrella
'shade' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'arm's length cover?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'length' could be 'r' (r is a kind of length) and 'r' is found in the answer.
'cover?' could be 'be' (covering is a kind of being) and 'be' is found in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'providing' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for umbrella that I've seen before include "Covering" , "Cover against rain" , "The old song urges to let a smile be yours" , "Portable device giving protection against rain etc" , "protective cover" .)