The wings of duck for party in the abbey (8)
I believe the answer is:
offstage
'the wings' is the definition.
('offstage' can be a synonym of 'wings')
'duck for party in the abbey' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'duck' could be 'o' (resembles zero - 'duck' in cricket) and 'o' is found within the answer.
'party' could be 'stag' (stag party is a kind of party) and 'stag' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for offstage that I've seen before include "out of sight of the audience" , "out of sight of house" , "Not visible to the audience" , "Invisible to the audience" , "Behind-the-scenes" .)