Shelters royal secretary with highly detailed and delicate material (6)
I believe the answer is:
palace
'shelters royal' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'secretary with highly detailed and delicate material' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'secretary' could be 'pa' (abbreviation for personal assistant) and 'pa' is found within the answer.
'material' could be 'lace' (lace is a kind of material) and 'lace' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for palace that I've seen before include "Grand building" , "Royal residence" , "very nice house" , "Large building" , "See 10" .)