Slowly made cage, lion continually the focus (6)
I believe the answer is:
adagio
'slowly' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adagio that I've seen before include "(Piece to be played) slowly" , "'Slowly and gracefully, in music (6)'" , "Slow and graceful, musically" , "moving slowly" , "Musically, in slow time" .)