Wide strip of bandage finally applied to heavy blow by hospital (6)
I believe the answer is:
swathe
'wide strip' is the definition.
'swathe' can be an answer for 'strip' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'wide' bit.
'bandage finally applied to heavy blow by hospital' is the wordplay.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'applied to' says to put letters next to each other.
'heavy blow' becomes 'swat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hospital' becomes 'H' (abbreviation for hospital on maps).
The final letter of 'bandage' is 'e'.
'swat'+'h'='swath'
'e' after 'swath' is 'SWATHE'.
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for swathe that I've seen before include "Wrap in layers of warm garments or bandages" , "Broad strip or area of something" , "An enveloping bandage" , "Broad strip (land)" , "considerable cut" .)